Romeo,
I use pretesting in my courses because they give me a baseline on the students that are enrolled. Then I can start my instructional planning and selection process in a more targeted way. Increases my student engagement.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Pre-testing is a smart way of meeting new students. You will be able to identify the different levels of intellect they have and you will exactly know who needs more closer attention
as you go on with the course.
I normally have a simplified handouts taken from the chapters assigned in the lesson plan for them and I purposely did this to satisfy the needs of these type of students.
Steve,
You make a good point about the value of pretesting students. This is why I use a pretest with all of my students. The baseline I get gives me a departure as well as planning point for customizing my instructional content and delivery.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
