Learning Gain in Higher Education

Christina Hughes, Malcolm Tight, Christina Hughes, Malcolm Tight

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781838672805
• eBook ISBN: 9781838672812
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

As students are bearing an increasing proportion of the costs of their participation in higher education, increasing attention has been paid nationally and internationally to the issue of what higher education does for its students. What do students gain from engaging in higher education, and how might this be accurately measured? 

This volume explores the latest thinking, research and practice on this topic from across the globe. Acknowledging that institutions of higher education, along with national governments and international organizations, are closely concerned with the answers to these questions, the authors demonstrate how it is critically important to be able to demonstrate convincingly and transparently how students have progressed, and what measurable skills and knowledge they have acquired.

INDEX

Academic education, 33–34

Academic expertise, 33–37

Academic freedom, 123

Academically Adrift, 67

Accountability, 60, 108, 110–111

issue, 7

processes in higher education, 19

ACT, 62

Affective, behavioural and cognitive learning gains (ABC learning gains), 2

Affective measures, 105

Affective-motivational facets, 34

Ambiguity of learning outcomes, 10

American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), 60

Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), 26–27

Analysis of variance (ANOVA), 26–27

Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes project (AHELO project), 102

Assessment of Learning Outcomes in Higher Education (AHELO), 38

Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), 124

Association for American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), 61

Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), 37

Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), 60

Australian higher education sector, 132–133

challenges facing, 133–136

Australian institutions, 131–132, 146

Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), 38–39

Australian universities, 132, 135

collaborative approach to promoting excellence and innovation, 140–143

enabling educators, 143–146

government role in promoting and influencing learning and teaching quality, 136–140

insights from equity initiatives, 146–148

transition pedagogy for learning gain, 146–148

Average normalised gain, 25

Behavioural change, 121–122

Behavioural measures, 105

Big data, 104

Bologna Declaration, 90

Capacity building, 84–85

Capstone Project, 161–162

Chemical Concepts Inventory (CCI), 20–21

Cognition, 34

Cognitive abilities, measures of, 105

College Scorecard, 61

Collegiate Assessment for Academic Proficie...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series Editor
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Editorial Introduction
• Existing Research on Learning Gain in Higher Education
• A Critical Review of Learning Gains Methods and Approaches
• Assessment of Student Learning Progress in Higher Education – Methodological Approaches and Results
• Value Added in Higher Education: Brief History, Measurement, Challenges, and Future Directions
• Evaluating LEGACY: Methodologies for Measuring Learning Gain
• The Changing Role of Higher Education: From Social/Societal Aspect to Employability Gains
• Evaluating Learning Gain as a Measure of Quality
• Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Learning Gains or Learning Losses?
• Pursuing Learning Gain in Australian Universities
• Measurement of Student Learning Outcomes – Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute: A Case Study
• Index