Barry
This is one of the better ideas from this course and I will start implementing a pretest starting with my next class.
Hi Cindy:
Sure, we want to spend the most time where the most students can benefit.
Regards, Barry
Hi Cindy:
Great use for pretesting and planning specific areas of emphasis. Your preview saving time is a great time management tool too.
Regards, Barry
This is a very good point of certainly the importance and understanding on the areas that students need additional help.
Actually we use pre test for building problems for the students to concentrate on. This allows not only the student to see their troublesome areas but the instructors to know as a student or overall as a class which areas to focus on lectures.
I always view pre test before each section to see where the students are struggling and have the knowledge going in on how to help the students. It also allows you to not waste time on areas that 100% of the students have passed and concentrate on the needed areas.
Hi Carlos:
You've got a good point about focus, or perhaps we could say emphasis. If your curriculum allows for it I think it's wonderful when a teacher can tweak their couse to better match the level of the class participants by providing the emphasis where it will add the most to the student learning.
Regards, Barry
PRETESTING STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF A COURSE CAN HELP THE INSTRUCTOR DETERMINE WHAT LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND/OR BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE THE STUDENTS POCESS. IT WILL ALSO GIVE A BETTER IDEA TO THE INSTRUCTOR AND WHAT MATERIALS TO FOCUS ON AND HOW IT WILL BE TAUGHT.
Hi Sarah:
Assessing students needs prior to a learning module will provide the information an instructor may need if they need to make adjustments, such as you describe in your post.
Regards, Barry
I teach verbal communications. I give them a public speaking assessment and a learning styles assessment as well as assess what kind of computer skills and contact time they have had in a kitchen (culinary arts school)I also so find out what topics they mght be interested in in for group speeches. If I have all visual/auditory learners them I change my mode of teaching up a bit. I also find ways to stretch their kinesthetic side. We talk about how to reconise different learning styles. Watching non-verbal as well as verbal behavior can help in training modules.
Hi Jeffrey:
Yes, planning often involves some degree of "guessing" the approximate amount of time that will be needed to cover a particular topic thoroughly. By pre-testing we may find that more emphasis in one or more areas may be needed, and that will probably involve making adjustments to the curriculum or course syllabus.
Regards, Barry
Pretests are great assesments to see where your students are at. It helps as an instructor to prepare the lesson plan accordingly by know what areas will need more concentration.
Hi Brian:
Yes, and also allows you to plan a little differently if needed and perhaps revise the areas that you will want to emphasize.
Regards, Barry
It gives you a good idea of what the students allready know about the subject matter.
Hi Gearld:
Good use of this media. In your setting it's likely there will be varied levels of student performance. This is great way to find out where your student need work, and to measure their progress.
Regards, Barry
Hi Danny:
Yes, pretesting can give you an idea where your students are. It also provides a mens for feedback, tracking progress, and instilling confidence in the students ability to learn material they may be weak in.
Regards, Barry
Pretesting helps to identify the individual learning levels of each student. I use pretesting as a way of helping students gain confidence in the material to be learned by not grading them on the pretest, but by using the scores (answers) to further develop my lesson plans. I find that working with students at the proprietary college level, the differences in abilities and learning styles are vast.
Pretesting is important to have an understanding of where the students knowledge is. From there you can get a better understanding of which students will need additional help.
Hi Anthony:
Yes, and also planning for a more effective instructional lesson. We may one thing in mind and the pretest indicates we're going to have spend more time in certain areas. What a great planning tool customized to that individual class!
Regards, Barry
Hi Cara:
Pretesting is also useful as an instructional tool, not just an evaluation tool. Pretests do however give the students an idea of what's ahead for them in the lesson of the course.
Regards, Barry
This helps you as well as the students better perpare of the exam ahead.
