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Direct linkJohns, Carolyn; Byerley, Cameron; Moore-Russo, Deborah; Rickard, Brian; Oien, Janet; Burks, Linda; James, Carolyn; Mills, Melissa; Heasom, William; Ferreira, Melissa; Mammo, Behailu – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 2023
Evaluation has become a common, and even an expected, practice across undergraduate mathematics tutoring centres in the USA, UK and other countries. However, these evaluation efforts could benefit greatly from leveraging organizational theory research. In this study, we situate mathematics tutoring centres as non-profit organizations (NPOs) to…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Mathematics Instruction, Tutoring, Undergraduate Students
Jacoby, Jennifer C.; Heugh, Sheelagh; Bax, Christopher; Branford-White, Christopher – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2014
The student cohort on the University Science Extended Degree (SED) course is diverse in terms of educational experience. One of the key facets of teaching at this level is to engage and prepare students for higher levels of education in the sciences. The purpose of this evaluation is to relate a specific virtual framework, designed for students…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Instructional Improvement, Educational Experience, Biology
Download full textFullmer, Patricia – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2009
This article summarizes the use of SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis and subsequent action planning as a tool of self-assessment to meet CAS (Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education) requirements for systematic assessment. The use of the evaluation results to devise improvements to increase the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Tutoring, Tutorial Programs, Program Evaluation
Blummer, Barbara – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2007
In the digital era online tutorials remain especially popular for providing information literacy instruction to undergraduates. This paper provides three approaches for assessing learning from a web-based tutorial. First, a general assessment focuses on patron surveys, usage statistics, and interlibrary loan requests for library-owned materials to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Tutorial Programs, Library Instruction
Guan, Jianmin; Xiang, Ping; Keating, Xiaofen Deng – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2004
Although replication is important to the validity of a study and is endorsed by more and more scholars, few researchers in kinesiology attend to this issue. Some researchers may believe that statistical significance and effect size are the most important statistical issues in their research and thereby may have ignored the importance of result…
Descriptors: Statistical Significance, Effect Size, Researchers, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Andrew; And Others – Studies in Higher Education, 1997
Argues that methods of assessing effectiveness of university supplemental instruction (SI) programs (in which successful students provide additional instruction to students in high-risk courses) have been inadequate. Suggests ways of isolating SI effects on student achievement, and recommends broadening research methods to include qualitative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, College Instruction, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedGlynn, Ted; McNaughton, Stuart – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2002
This article discusses how four direct observational principles have contributed to the development of assessment and tutoring strategies for individuals in English and Maori language reading tutoring programs. The assessment strategies generated from observations of reader and tutor interaction have provided strong support for learning to read in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGreenwood, Charles R.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1993
A computerized teacher/advisor for a Classwide Peer Tutoring Program was developed, and initial tests were conducted. This paper reports the development of the system and results of two small-scale tests of its accuracy and its use by teachers. Implications of combining behavioral and computer technology in assessing fidelity of treatment are…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods, Expert Systems
Alkin, Marvin C.; Ruskus, Joan – 1985
A synthesis is provided of the information collected between September 1984 and April 1985 by Operational Program Review (OPR) teams regarding 22 California community college Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) programs. Chapter 1 explains the purposes and evaluation methods of OPRs, and outlines the general characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Educational Counseling, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Outreach Programs
