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Direct linkWiggins, Benjamin L.; Eddy, Sarah L.; Wener-Fligner, Leah; Freisem, Karen; Grunspan, Daniel Z.; Theobald, Elli J.; Timbrook, Jerry; Crowe, Alison J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
The primary measure used to determine relative effectiveness of in-class activities has been student performance on pre/posttests. However, in today's active-learning classrooms, learning is a social activity, requiring students to interact and learn from their peers. To develop effective active-learning exercises that engage students, it is…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Attitudes, Class Activities, Pretests Posttests
Download full textTotten, Jeff W. – Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2014
The original SOCO Scale was reduced to 10 items by Thomas, Soutar, and Ryan (2001). The author conducted a pretest and a posttest in his Personal Selling class during the Fall 2009 semester. Significant differences by gender, student sales experience and family member in the sales field were identified. The author once again pretested the…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Program Validation, Pretests Posttests, Questionnaires
The Validity of a Test for Improving Learning and Measuring Achievement when Administered Repeatedly
Peer reviewedStauffer, A. J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1973
Descriptors: Performance Factors, Pretesting, Pretests Posttests, Student Improvement
Duncan, N.; Harris, C. – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1974
A description of a method used with criterion referenced tests which is designed to reduce guessing. (HB)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation, Guessing (Tests), Indexes
Rippey, Robert M.; And Others – Evaluation Quarterly, 1978
Retrospective pretesting is a method for inferring learning by using the students' recollections of their preinstruction knowledge in lieu of actual pretesting. The most significant problem encountered in such a procedure is establishing the validity of the inferred precourse level of information; attempts to deal with that issue are presented.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Tests, Higher Education, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedKhatena, Joe – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Adults, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Creativity Research
DROEGE, ROBERT C. – 1966
RESEARCH WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EFFECTS OF PRACTICE ON TEST TAKING AND THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN INITIAL TESTING (PRACTICE) AND RETESTING (SEE ALSO VT 003 819). THE DESIGN INVOLVED TESTING A SAMPLE OF STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCY EMPLOYEES WITH THE GENERAL APTITUDE…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Comparative Testing, Employees, Employment Services
Roudabush, Glenn E. – 1973
The desirable characteristics of criterion referenced test items and sets of items are described. A two-stage item tryout and item selection procedure are also described. The paper presents the results of using the procedure as compared with traditional item selection procedures used in selecting items for norm referenced tests. It was found that…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Objectives, Item Analysis
McNeil, John D. – 1971
The rationale and description of tests of teaching power by which teachers have an equal chance to show their relative ability to effect pupils' achievement in reading skills are discussed. Illustrations of these performance tests and a means for administering them - "teaching faires" are also presented. Data in support of teaching performance…
Descriptors: Achievement, Performance Tests, Pretesting, Pretests Posttests
Marko, George Franklin – 1968
The study aimed at constructing, validating, and testing two instruments, one of which measured attitude change toward Civil Defense adult education, and one which measured level of knowledge about Civil Defense practices; and evaluating the effectiveness of the Personal and Family Survival (PFS) Course in terms of attitude change and knowledge…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Civil Defense, Evaluation
COX, RICHARD C.; VARGAS, JULIE S. – 1966
AN INVESTIGATION WAS MADE TO DETERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT TWO METHODS OF ITEM ANALYSIS - NORM REFERENCED AND CRITERION REFERENCED - YIELD THE SAME RELATIVE EVALUATION OF TEST ITEMS. ITEMS WHICH DISCRIMINATED WELL BETWEEN STUDENTS SCORING HIGH AND LOW ON POST-TESTS WERE STUDIED TO SEE IF THEY ALSO DISCRIMINATED WELL BETWEEN PRETRAINING AND…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Discriminant Analysis, Individual Instruction, Item Analysis
Instructional Sensitivity Statistics Appropriate for Objectives-Based Test Items. CSE Report No. 91.
Kosecoff, Jacqueline B.; Klein, Stephen P. – 1974
Two types of sensitivity indices were developed in this paper, one internal to the total test and the second external. To evaluate the success of these statistics the three criteria suggested for a satisfactory index of item quality were considered. The Internal Sensitivity Index appears to meet these demands. Certainly it is easily computed. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation Methods
McNamara, J. Regis; And Others – 1968
About 180 Negro Head Start children in Dade County, Florida, were tested (1) to discover if the county's program contributed significantly to language skills, social skills, and self-concept development and (2) to determine if an efficient instrument could be developed to measure self-concept in the disadvantaged child. Pretests and posttests used…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Language Skills
Cooperative Educational Research Lab., Inc., Northfield, IL. – 1969
To determine the long-run impact of the CERLI training program, the trainees' abilities to function as Specialists in Continuing Education (SCE) had to be measured and assessed. This assessment is a followup to "Assessment of the CERLI Training Program Specialist in Continuing Education" (EA 002 706). The document reports on attempts to…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Inservice Teacher Education, Laboratory Training, Measurement Techniques
Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago. Research Inst. – 1969
The Research Institute of the Illinois Institute of Technology conducted this study for the Cooperative Educational Research Lab., Inc. Emphasis was placed on determining the role of sociometric and diffusion analysis techniques in measuring the effectiveness of the Specialist in Continuing Education (SCE) function. Evidence was sought to…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer)
