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
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Rippey et al. (1978) studied this question.