Abstract:
This study sought to determine the degree of response shift (change in level of understanding of leadership skills) by undergraduate students in a college leadership course. While the vast majority of students rated themselves as having "high" leadership skills at the end of the course, significant differences were found between their self-report ratings using the pretest/posttest approach and the then/posttest approach. The degree of response shift (pre/then comparison) was also significant. The findings from this study together with other studies cited suggest that when employing self-report measures, the post/then approach provides a less conservative and more accurate means of assessing a student's knowledge and understanding of the subject than would the traditional pretest/posttest approach. Suggestions for reducing the effects of response shift are also offered.
Keywords:
student, self report, assessments
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