Learning gain: political expedient or meaningful measurement?
Learning gain: political expedient or meaningful measurement?
The political craving for simple measures of learning gain is neither pedagogically informed nor sufficiently nuanced. Alex Forsythe, Carol Evans, Camille Kandiko Howson and Corony Edwards argue that only by changing focus will the concept become useful
Forsythe, Alex
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Evans, Carol
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Kandiko Howson, Camille
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Edwards, Corony
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13 September 2018
Forsythe, Alex
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Evans, Carol
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Kandiko Howson, Camille
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Edwards, Corony
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Forsythe, Alex, Evans, Carol, Kandiko Howson, Camille and Edwards, Corony
(2018)
Learning gain: political expedient or meaningful measurement?
Times Higher Education.
Abstract
The political craving for simple measures of learning gain is neither pedagogically informed nor sufficiently nuanced. Alex Forsythe, Carol Evans, Camille Kandiko Howson and Corony Edwards argue that only by changing focus will the concept become useful
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Accepted/In Press date: 10 August 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 September 2018
Published date: 13 September 2018
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Camille Kandiko Howson
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Corony Edwards
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