The participants knew that the BOBS would focus on the book of Jude and learning the IBS method. With weeks to prepare, the participants had ample time to read and review the book of Jude before taking the pre-test. Since Jude is a short book, it was anticipated that the pre-test scores would be significantly higher on the Jude portion of the test than on the IBS portion. Pre- test and post-test questions 1-2, 6, 8-9, 12-14, and 19-20 were concerned with gaining knowledge of the book of Jude. Although the field notes do provide data for conversing with the participants concerning using the IBS method to learn more about the book of Jude, the data for gaining knowledge of the book of Jude is predominately measured by the pre-test and post-test scores.
Question 1 asked the participants, “According to Jude, false teachers are______.” Most of the participants were able to answer this question correctly on the pre-test (88%) and all participants answered correctly on the post-test. While a high percentage of participants knew the correct answer on the pre-test, the results do show that the BOBS aided in knowledge of the book
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Question 1 "According to Jude, false teachers are______.
Answer: C
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of Jude. This is shown by the improvement score between the pre-test and post-test (14%). This question was discussed in session one of the BOBS as an introduction to observation. Many of the participants were able to pick this out from the verse in Jude and acknowledge that Jude was describing the characteristics of false teachers.
Question 2 asked the participants, “Who in the book of Jude said that there would be mockers in the last time?” On the pre-test, only 38% were able to answer this question correctly. The post-test shows 63% answered the question correctly, which is a 67% improvement. Answer “A” was the most common chosen answer for the pre-test and post-test. Since Jude is the writer of the book, it is understandable that people would choose Jude for a pre-test answer, the project facilitator did warn that there were no “tricky” type questions on the test.
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Question 2 "Who in the book of Jude said that there would
be mockers in the last time?
Answer: D
Pre Post 2 32 6 0 1 38 0 1 0 10 20 30 40 A B C DQuestion 6 "Why did Jude write the letter?"
Answer: B
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Question 6 asked the participants of the BOBS, “Why did Jude write the letter?” Most of the participants were able to answer the question correctly on the pre-test (80%). Even though most answered correctly on the pre-test, there was still an improvement on the post-test (95%) with an improvement of 19%. The project facilitator answered this question with class
participation during session one of the BOBS. It prompted many questions about false teachers and their characteristics that are described throughout Scripture, and especially in the book of Jude.
Question 8 of the BOBS asked the participants, “Who said, Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints?” Only18% correctly answered this question on the pre-test but on the post-test, 55% answered correctly. The field notes show that the discussion surrounding Enoch prompted an intense discussion, especially as it concerned where the quote came from. The project facilitator anticipated that the participants would remember the answer to this question because of the discussion that followed. The improvement of 214% from pre-test to post-test is the largest improvement on the Jude portion of the test.
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Question 8 "Who said, Behold, the Lord comes with ten
thousands of His saints?"
Answer: D
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Question 9 of the pre-test and post-test asked the participants, “Jude is the brother of ______.” All participants answered this correctly on the pre-test and post-test (100%). This is a commonly asked and known question about the book of Jude and may have been too simple to include in the BOBS. Since all participants answered correctly on both tests, there was no improvement to be recorded.
Question 12 asked the participants, “Who are the people Jude is warning Christians about?” Like question 9, 95% answered correctly on the pre-test and post-test and there is no improvement to be recorded. Again, this probably is too simple a question as the answer is inherent in other questions on the test.
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Question 9 "Jude is the brother of______."
Answer: A
Pre Post 38 2 0 0 38 0 1 1 0 10 20 30 40 A B C DQuestion 12 "Who are the people Jude is warning
Christians about?"
Answer: A
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Question 13 asked the BOBS participants, “Jude is writing to those who are ______.” Only 38% of the participants were able to answer correctly on the pre-test. The post-test shows an improvement of 87%, as 70% were able to answer correctly on the post-test. This was discussed in session one of the BOBS as part of the introduction to the book of Jude. The importance of the three terms in the verses was discussed in class and many of the participants discussed the relevance of the three terms.
Question 14 of the BOBS asked the participants, “What did the Lord do to those who came out of Egypt but did not believe?” The pre-test shows that 68% correctly answered the question while the post-test reveals 93% answered correctly. This represents an improvement of 38%. This was discussed in session two of the BOBS as the project facilitator led the participants
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Question 13 "Jude is writing to those who are______."
Answer: B
Pre Post 3 2 27 8 2 0 37 1 0 10 20 30 40 A B C DQuestion 14 "What did the Lord do to those who came out
of Egypt but did not believe?"
Answer: C
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to look back to the Old Testament, to understand the background of the examples Jude was using for the false teachers. Class participation was high when this portion of the book of Jude was discussed. Again, improvement shows that the BOBS aided in the participants' knowledge of the book of Jude through the use of the IBS method of biblical interpretation.
Question 19 asked the participants of the BOBS, “Michael argues with______for the body of Moses.” Only 48% answered this question correctly on the pre-test. The post-test reveals that 93% answered correctly, representing a 95% increase between the pre-test and post-test scores. Field notes suggest that the improvement could be attributed to the class discussion on where the quote came from. Most of the class was intrigued by the background surrounding this verse, since it comes from a source outside of Scripture. The project facilitator took a sufficient amount of time to explain this verse. The participants examined the Scriptures over the issue of Moses’ body. 17 19 2 2 3 37 0 0 0 10 20 30 40 A B C D
Question 19 "Michael argues with______for the body of
Moses."
Answer: B
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Question 20 asked the participants, “What was Jude originally going to write about?” The pre-test demonstrates that only 35% answered the question correctly, but on the post-test, 80% answered correctly. According to the field notes most of the class participants did not understand that Jude intended to write about salvation. The rate of improvement was 129% between pre-test and post-test scores. It does demonstrate that participants were gaining biblical knowledge through the BOBS and the IBS method of biblical interpretation.
Many of the questions were pulled from content that was explained in the earlier weeks of the study. This was done to show the ability to recall what was taught earlier in the class. While some of the questions were too simplistic, the improvement does show that knowledge of the book of Jude was gained through the IBS method of biblical interpretation. As established in the graph below there was a significant improvement for knowledge gained through the IBS method of biblical interpretation. The data provided does show that goal number three was met and the participants of the BOBS gained knowledge of the book of Jude by using the IBS method of biblical interpretation through the BOBS.601 The average overall class pre-test score for
601 See Appendix H for demographic graphs concerning Jude scores.
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Question 20 "What was Jude originally going to write
about?"
Answer: D
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questions concerning the book of Jude was 59%, with an average post-test score of 83%. This is an average improvement of 42% once the BOBS was completed, as the graph below shows.