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Advances in Program Theory.
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Bickman, Leonard, Ed. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1990
Eight articles discuss Program Theory (PT) construction issues, administrators as applied theorists, tests of PT, using path analysis to develop/evaluate PT, using PT to describe/measure program quality, developing/testing program classification and function theories, a pattern-matching approach to link PT and evaluation data, and linking PT and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classification, Evaluation Methods, Innovation
Symposium on "After Dartmouth: Growth and Conflict."
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Zebroski, James T.; And Others – College English, 1992
Presents the views of four college English teachers on Joseph Harris' article on the Dartmouth Seminar published in the October 1991 issue of this journal. Notes that the seminar represented a moment in which the conflicts that define English studies were dramatized with unusual clarity. (RS)
Descriptors: College English, Educational Change, English Instruction, Higher Education
Realist Evaluation: An Emerging Theory in Support of Practice.
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Henry, Gary T., Ed.; Julnes, George, Ed.; Mark, Melvin M., Ed. – New Directions for Evaluation, 1998
The five articles of this sourcebook, organized around the five-component framework for evaluation described by W. Shadish, T. Cook, and L. Leviton (1991), present a new theory of realist evaluation that captures the sensemaking contributions of postpositivism and the sensitivity to values from the constructivist traditions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Models
The Theory-Driven Perspective.
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Chen, Huey-tsyh, Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
Twelve articles discuss the advantages of theory-driven evaluation for: (1) identifying crucial issues; (2) integrating program implementation into evaluation; (3) diagnosing problems in program studies; (4) diagnosing problems in program structures; and (5) enhancing evaluation utilization. Topics include optimizing validity in program and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Research
Abstraction: Current Research and Theoretical Developments.
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Ohlsson, Stellan, Ed.; Lehtinen, Erno, Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1997
To enhance the study of abstract knowledge and to make it a central concern in the study of cognition, and to explore the nature of abstractions and the function of abstraction, the seven chapters in this special issue formulate researchable hypotheses, propose working hypotheses, identify major phenomena, and outline possible educational…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Energy Conservation Program Evaluation.
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Heilman, John G., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
Seven papers suggest ways in which theory informs evaluation research in the area of energy conservation. Perspectives of epistemology and methodology and political and bureaucratic issues are addressed. Examples show how theoretically informed concepts and propositions about personal choice and organizational process contribute to knowledge about…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Decision Making, Energy Conservation, Energy Education
Research-Based Teacher Evaluation.
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Schwab, Richard L., Ed. – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1990
Seven papers focus on the relationship between research on effective instruction and teacher evaluation (TE). The first two articles depart from previous articles by M. Scriven; the others reflect new research. Topics include using rating scales in TE, improving instruction, at-risk and expert teachers, and supervisor critiquing. (SLD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Elementary School Teachers
Socialization into Physical Education. July 1993 Monograph.
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Stroot, Sandra A., Ed. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 1993
This issue is devoted to a monograph. Topics are teachers' perspectives; beliefs about teaching during preservice training; research use in practice; induction of physical educators; life histories of physical educators; linking educators, knowledge, and quality; the reciprocal nature of organizational structures and identity; faculty consensus…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education