Journal article
Validity of College Self-Reported Gains at Diverse Institutions
Educational researcher, Vol.40(1), pp.22-24
01/01/2011
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X10397630
Abstract
Despite the widespread use of self-reported gains to assess college student learning and development, these measures may not be valid indicators of student growth in most circumstances. However, some evidence suggests that self-reported gains may assess student outcomes more accurately at certain types of colleges and universities. This study used a large, multi-institutional sample of first-year college students to examine the correspondence between self-reported gains and longitudinal growth on the same constructs. Although some significant differences by institutional type were identified, the findings do not support the use of self-reported gains as a proxy for longitudinal growth at any institution.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Validity of College Self-Reported Gains at Diverse Institutions
- Creators
- Nicholas A. Bowman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Educational researcher, Vol.40(1), pp.22-24
- Publisher
- Sage
- DOI
- 10.3102/0013189X10397630
- ISSN
- 0013-189X
- eISSN
- 1935-102X
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2011
- Academic Unit
- Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984283568302771
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