Measuring how college affects students: Social desirability and other potential biases in college student self-reported gains
✍ Scribed by Nicholas A. Bowman; Patrick L. Hill
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Weight
- 76 KB
- Volume
- 2011
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-0579
- DOI
- 10.1002/ir.390
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✦ Synopsis
Colleges and universities are increasingly using national surveys to assess their students' learning and development. Given the importance of the first year of college for student adjustment and retention (Tinto, 1993), some of these surveys are designed specifically to gauge the experiences and outcomes of first-year students. These large-scale surveys provide valuable information for higher education researchers, administrators, and practitioners. However, a growing body of research has questioned the validity of the measures of student self-reported gains in learning and development that are frequently employed in these assessments (