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Baker, Eva L.; Alkin, Marvin C. – 1984
This chapter discusses current methods of formative evaluation and suggests that these methods themselves need to be subjected to more critical research and evaluation in order to provide them with a more scientific base. Topics addressed include problems and methods associated with data gathering, evaluation designs, number of subjects available,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization

Baker, Eva L. – 1984
This chapter addresses the problems encountered in the formative evaluation of instructional development projects and the instructional development process. Three types of formative evaluation--component, convergent, and contextual--are distinguished, and the consequences of using the wrong type of evaluation in a particular situation or project…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization