English edit

Etymology edit

post- +‎ performance

Adjective edit

postperformance (not comparable)

  1. Occurring after a performance
    • 1988 April 29, James A. Lewin, “Stage Notes: Shakespeare would have loved it here”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      There will be postperformance discussions with the cast and scholars, and a "survivors party" after the May 15 performances.

Noun edit

postperformance (plural postperformances)

  1. Performance that occurs after an intervention of some sort; performance on a posttest.
    • 1981, Sidney William Bijou, Roberto Ruíz, Behavior modification: contributions to education, page 222:
      Three youths were then taught to engage in these behaviors, which included statements of cooperation and reform. Policemen then evaluated preperformances and postperformances of the youths in simulated interactions with a policeman.
    • 2006, Barry Beers, Learning-Driven Schools:
      Second, Sheree could see how much learning occurred during the period by comparing students' preperformances with their postperformances.
    • 2013, Sharon M. Carver, David Klahr, Cognition and Instruction: Twenty-five Years of Progress, page 344:
      Again, it was easier to distinguish pre and postperformances on problems 7 and 8, just as they also gave stronger differences on the action counts, but all four problems showed clear differences between the patterns of pretest and posttest performance.

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