Retrospective Pretesting in the Cognitive Domain
Robert M. Rippey, Lester M. Geller, Donald West King · Evaluation Review · 1978
Retrospective pretesting is a methodfor inferring learning by using the students' recollec tions 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 pre- course level of information; attempts to deal with that issue are presented in detail