"Summer 2011." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Editors' notes / Nicholas A. Bowman, Serge Herzog. Reconciling (seemingly) discrepant findings: Implications for practice and future research / Nicholas A. Bowman -- Gauging academic growth of bachelor degree recipients: longitudinal vs. self-reported gains in general education / Serge Herzog -- Using college students' self-reported learning outcomes in scholarly research / Gary R. Pike -- The tie that binds: The role of self-reported high school gains in self-reported college gains / Tricia A. Seifert, Ashley M. Asel -- Measuring how college affects students: Social desirability and other potential biases in college student self-reported gains / Nicholas A. Bowman, Patrick L. Hill -- The validity of student engagement survey questions: Can we accurately measure academic challenge? / Stephen R. Porter, Corey Rumann, Jason Pontius -- Clearing the AIR about the use of self-reported gains in institutional research / Robert M. Gonyea, Angie Miller -- Reconciling (seemingly) discrepant findings: Implications for practice and future research / Nicholas A. Bowman, Serge Herzog.
Series:
New directions for institutional research, 0271-0579 ; no. 150.
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