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Schwandt, Thomas A. – Educational Researcher, 1989
Argues that moral issues must be a central concern in the practice of evaluation rather than methodological issues and instrumental conceptions of knowledge. Criticizes the consequences of current liberal democratic beliefs on thinking about evaluation. (FMW)
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Educational Philosophy, Ethics, Evaluation Methods
Duckett, Willard R., Ed. – 1980
The wide variety of contexts in which good teaching takes place, a desirable circumstance from most points of view, creates problems, not the least of which is evaluation. Systematic observation is one measurement procedure that can provide some of the data essential to reliable observation. The fourteenth National Symposium for Professionals in…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Petersen, Nicole M.; And Others – 1987
This study evaluated a college level Introductory Psychology course taken by 23 precocious adolescents during a three-week summer residential program. This evaluation measured not only knowledge gain, but also understanding, generalization, and application of that knowledge. Immediate post measures of participants' knowledge, understanding, and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Students, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures
Utley, Cheryl A.; Obiakor, Festus E. – 1995
This review of the literature addresses scientific and methodological concerns of research with children from various racial and ethnic backgrounds in the United States. It first identifies three major demographic trends: (1) the increasingly multiethnic and multilingual nature of American society; (2) the increasing number of children in poverty;…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Disabilities, Epistemology, Ethics