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The Knowledge Pool: Measurement Challenges in Evaluating Fundamental Research Programs.
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Cozzens, Susan E. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1997
Reviews the state of the art in performance measures and assessment processes in program evaluation before the passage of the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), and discusses difficulties in fitting these practices into the GPRA format. Presents a simple logic model for evaluating research programs. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Knowledge Level, Measurement Techniques
The Project Vita as a Documentation and Evaluation Tool for Large-Scale Research and Development Projects.
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Smith, Nick L.; Florini, Barbara M. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Project "vita" (similar to the individual's professional vita) is proposed as a documentation technique for providing detailed but manageable descriptions of large research and development projects. Two field trials, projects to develop new evaluation methods and technology for storage and retrieval of full-text material, illustrate use…
Descriptors: Documentation, Evaluation Methods, Field Tests, Information Management
Implementing a Middle School Health Promotion Research Project: Lessons Our Textbook Didn't Teach Us.
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Piper, Douglas L.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1993
Difficulties accompanying large-scale field tests of a health promotion program in middle schools are reviewed, focusing on Healthy for Life, a health promotion research project that recruited 22 schools. The practical lessons and strategies of program recruitment and implementation are useful for anyone planning school-based programs or research.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drinking, Educational Planning, Health Promotion