A Field-Testing Approach to Software Evaluation.

Dudley-Marling, Curt; And Others

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Publication Date: 1988

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A Field-Testing Approach to Software Evaluation.

Dudley-Marling, Curt; And Others

Computers in the Schools, v5 n1-2 p241-49 1988

Discussion of the evaluation of educational software highlights two evaluation methods: (1) the York Educational Software Evaluation Scales (YESES), a criterion-based evaluation, and (2) a field-testing approach developed at York University. Guidelines for the field-testing approach include an emphasis on the observation of students. (22 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Field Tests, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Instructional Effectiveness, Microcomputers, Observation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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