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| Performance and Instruction | 7 |
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| Bastian, Rich | 1 |
| Bragg, Debra D. | 1 |
| Larson, Steven | 1 |
| Mayer, Hanna | 1 |
| McNamara, John R. | 1 |
| Moseley, James L. | 1 |
| Schaffer, Eric M. | 1 |
| Stakenas, Robert G. | 1 |
| Wager, Jane C. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 7 |
| Guides - General | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
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Schaffer, Eric M. – Performance and Instruction, 1982
A comparison of the performance of 10 employees using the current version of a Corporate Time Reporting Instruction and a revision prepared using Information Mapping (IM) indicates that subjects committed 54 percent fewer errors when using the IM version. Samples of both versions and evaluation forms used are included. (MER)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Design Preferences, Evaluation Methods, Job Performance
McNamara, John R. – Performance and Instruction, 1981
Describes some of the salient issues and how they were dealt with during the development and delivery of a multilevel evaluation of a large human relations training program in a federal agency. Nine references are listed. (Author/LLS)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Federal Government, Government Employees, Interpersonal Competence
Bragg, Debra D. – Performance and Instruction, 1995
Discusses a collaborative approach to evaluating professional training methods. Describes 4 objectives and 10 steps for "evaluating evaluation" that include identifying the training and evaluation goal, forming an evaluation team, designing the evaluation, developing the methods, collecting data, interpreting findings, and reporting results. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Evaluation Criteria
Moseley, James L.; Larson, Steven – Performance and Instruction, 1994
Discusses the evaluation of workshops and conferences and presents an application of Kirkpatrick's four-stage evaluation model, an accepted model for measuring performance and instructional interventions. Highlights include presurveys and postsurveys; participant reaction forms during the meetings; and assessing previous participants. (10…
Descriptors: Conferences, Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training, Measurement Techniques
Wager, Jane C. – Performance and Instruction, 1983
An experiment designed to determine the aptitude level(s) and group size which would provide optimal feedback for formative evaluation of instructional materials found that revisions based on feedback from one-to- one sessions with a mixed aptitude group were more effective than those based on feedback from a group or single aptitude level. (EAO)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Bastian, Rich; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1983
Describes a project at Bell Laboratories which sought a compromise between ideal formative evaluation procedures and more feasible procedures necessitated by restrictions on time and resources. Local-trial and field-trial stages of a phased approach are discussed, as well as the benefits of field-tests. (EAO)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Evaluation Methods
Stakenas, Robert G.; Mayer, Hanna – Performance and Instruction, 1983
Describes procedures used to design and conduct formative evaluation of a vocational planning process implemented by the Florida Division of Vocational Education. The rationale for using formative evaluation is discussed, as well as questions to be addressed, role of questionnaires and interviews, and implications for evaluators, planners,…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Labor Force Development
