Provide your best answer for the following question. Give ONLY the answer, no other words or explanation.
For example:

Answer: <most likely answer, as short as possible; not a complete sentence, just the answer!>.

The question is: When a student uses the equation, mass multiplied by change in temperature multiplied by specific heat, what is being calculated? q = m \times C \times \Delta T
heat gain or heat loss
Heat energy.