Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ658846
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Explaining Student Growth in College When You Don't Think You Are.
Pascarella, Ernest T.; Wolniak, Gregory C.; Pierson, Christopher T.
Journal of College Student Development, v44 n1 p122-26 Jan-Feb 2003
This paper demonstrates that pretest-posttest designs provide more information than is commonly assumed. What is typically overlooked is that even when the posttest is the outcome measure, such designs also reveal if different interventions or experiences account for variations in pretest-posttest gains. (Contains 12 references.) (GCP)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Pretests Posttests, Research Design, Student Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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