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Developing a Test for Exploring Student Performance in a Complex Domain: Challenges Faced, Decisions Made, and Implications Drawn
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Charalambous, Charalambos Y.; Kyriakides, Leonidas; Philippou, George N. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2012
This paper illustrates the application of existing guidelines to develop a test grounded in theoretical perspectives and empirical findings in the area of problem solving. By documenting this process, the paper outlines the challenges test developers face when seeking to construct a theory/research-driven test, discusses the decisions made at…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Test Construction, Problem Solving, Testing
Response from a Policymaker's Perspective.
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Engel, David E. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
Tellado's evaluation of a problem-solving skills training program (TM 510 179) needs to be defined in terms of a client for the evaluation. It may also have implications for earlier intervention in problem-solving skills. Further research about the role of linguistic skills in developing problem-solving skills seems warranted. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Audiences, Elementary Education, Evaluation Utilization, Junior High Schools
The Tellado Case Study Exercise: A Metacritique.
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Fleischer, Mitchell – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
Two main themes are found in the previous critiques (TM 510 180, TM 510 181, and TM 510 182) of the Tellado evaluation (TM 510 179): that Tellado lacked a clear audience for his evaluation and that he lacked an appropriate change orientation. A major problem with utilization-focused and stakeholder-based approaches to evaluation is revealed.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Junior High Schools
Conflict, Intervention, and Resolution: The Third Party's Negotiated Role.
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Peck, Dennis L.; Hollub, Raymond H. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
A comparative evaluation of two underground coal mines identified the reasons why one was the most productive and the other was the least productive mine operated by the company. The vested interests of contending groups provide a partial explanation. The problem-solving process evolving out of the evaluation is described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Coal, Comparative Analysis, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
The Impact of Major Consumer Groups on Health Care Evaluation.
Knott, Tara D. – Evaluation Utilization, 1988
Three consumer groups--physicians, hospital administrators, and patients--that would benefit most from evaluation of health care are described. Problems each group has in understanding and supporting the use of evaluation in the delivery of health care services are discussed. Strategies to improve acceptance of evaluation are presented. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrators, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Health Personnel
An Alternative Evaluation Approach for the Problem-Solving Training Program: A Utilization-Focused Evaluation Process.
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Patton, Michael Quinn – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1984
A utilization-focused approach in evaluating a problem-solving skills training program (see TM 510 179) would have placed more emphasis on identifying evaluation users, their information needs, and likely use of findings. Other methods options are also discussed, along with how to prepare decision makers for utilization. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Junior High Schools
Applications of the Problem Solving Inventory.
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Heppner, P. Paul; Baker, Charles E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1997
Discusses applications of the Problem Solving Inventory for counseling and managed health care, career and industrial/organizational issues, training, and academic performance. Examines the role of problem solving in psychological health and describes the inventory, how to administer it, and previous research findings. (RJM)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluative Thinking, Health Maintenance Organizations
Program Design as Program Evaluation.
Hunsaker, Scott L. – 1992
Program design can aid problem-solving or decision-making tasks faced by evaluators. It can be used to facilitate evaluation planning through the definition of program boundaries and the generation and focusing of evaluation questions. Further, it can provide evaluation information about theoretical, historical, and political contexts of a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Using Curriculum-Based Assessment and Curriculum-Based Measurement to Guide Elementary Mathematics Instruction: Effect on Individual and Group Accountability Scores
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VanDerHeyden, Amanda M.; Burns, Matthew K. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2005
No Child Left Behind mandates accountability data for school districts. This mandate has led to increased attention to instruction and academic remediation among educational researchers. The current study used schoolwide curriculum-based assessment (CBA) and curriculum-based measurement (CBM) data to plan and deliver mathematics instruction to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary Schools
Evaluator Collaboration across Diverse AIDS-Related Education Programs.
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Rudd, Rima E.; And Others – Evaluation Practice, 1993
Events that brought independent evaluators together to address common problems and issues in the area of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) education are described, focusing on development and accomplishments of the collaboration. The foundation stemmed from the funding agency's insistence that each program identify an evaluator. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Cooperation, Disease Control, Evaluation Problems
A Reformulation of the Rule of the Evaluator.
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Eash, Maurice J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1985
Evaluation research is no longer taught solely as a technical-scientific pursuit, but is now moving toward a policy-oriented discipline. Psychological skills in a political context can strengthen technical contributions of evaluators. (LMO)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators
On the Development of a National Assessment of College Student Learning: Measurement Policy and Practice in Perspective. Draft.
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Dunbar, Stephen B. – 1991
In light of the National Education Goals of 1990, several arguments against any federally funded large-scale census approach to the assessment of college student learning in the United States are presented to clarify challenges to an objective of Goal 5, which specifies that "the proportion of college graduates who demonstrate advanced…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Graduates, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking
Toward a Plan for Using National Assessment To Ensure Continuous Improvement of Higher Education. Draft.
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Banta, Trudy W. – 1991
An outline is provided for a national educational assessment and improvement plan as suggested by the National Education Goals of 1990. The following implicit assumptions underlie National Education Objective 5.5: (1) abilities to think critically, communicate effectively, and solve problems can be defined and the definitions can be agreed upon as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Graduates, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking