Response to Hegedus (was pre-to-post tests as measures of learning/teaching)

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Assessment reformers may be interested in a recent post "Response to 
Hegedus (was pre-to-post tests as measures of learning/teaching)" 
[Hake (2008)].

The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT:  Stephen Hegedus, in his response to my post "pre-to-post 
tests as measures of learning/teaching," raised three points  - 
Hegedus  (1) uses "Hake's gain as a measure of what knowledge was 
learned relative to prior knowledge"; (2) implies that, for 
"comparison groups," the term "controls" should be reserved for 
Randomized Control Trials (RCT's); and (3) states that: "Any pre-post 
test used as an outcome measure in any serious implementation study 
is often complemented by other process measures to study fidelity of 
implementation in a comparison group." I attempt to address those 
three points in this post.
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To access the entire 22 kB post please click on <http://tinyurl.com/2adjdz>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>


REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2008. Response to Hegedus (was pre-to-post tests as 
measures of learning/teaching). online on the OPEN AERA-L archives at 
<http://tinyurl.com/2adjdz>. This is  a slightly improved version of 
the post of the same title transmitted  on 2 February 2008 to AERA-D, 
ASSESS, EdResMeth, EvalTalk,  Math-Learn, Math-Teach, PhysLnrR, & 
RUME.