Personal Health Knowledge of College Students before Instruction
- 1 May 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Research Quarterly. American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation
- Vol. 29 (2) , 154-159
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10671188.1958.10612977
Abstract
A standardized personal health knowledge test was given as a pretest to 12,000 freshman and sophomore students in 15 scattered universities, colleges, and junior colleges. A 25 per cent sample was analyzed to determine the health knowledge of students before instruction in college hygiene classes. The results were significant, showing health ignorance, both student-recognized and unrecognized, to be widespread, especially among junior college students, with considerable differences between institutions. Mean test section scores, as well as item scores, showed great variation, demonstrating the need for pretesting as an aid to sound planning of health instruction.Keywords
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