Post-then-pre evaluation

Post-then-pre is an evaluative method that improves insight into learning effectiveness by removing bias and highlighting a likely change of behaviour from learners.

The methodology stems from asking learners to self-report following a learning exercise, not before. This minimizes “response-shift bias” and offers learners a path to share a direct and immediate comparative based on answering successive post then pre questions such as:

• Post: How confident are you with this topic now?
• Pre: How confident were you with this topic before taking this training?

Reference: S. Kay Rockwell & Harriet Kohn (1989). Post-Then-Pre Evaluation, Journal of Extension.