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Acquah, Edward H. K. – Association for Institutional Research (NJ1), 2010
Academic program life cycle concept states each program's life flows through several stages: introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. A mixed-influence diffusion growth model is fitted to enrolment data on academic programs to analyze the factors determining progress of academic programs through their life cycles. The regression analysis yield…
Descriptors: Corporations, College Administration, Economic Factors, Educational Assessment
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Ryan, Katherine; Greene, Jennifer; Lincoln, Yvonna; Mathison, Sandra; Mertens, Donna M. – American Journal of Evaluation, 1998
Inclusive evaluation is intended to emphasize a participatory, collaborative approach to evaluation. This panel considered what inclusive evaluation approaches look like in current practice and how to implement these approaches in practice successfully. The importance of respecting stakeholders is emphasized. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Evaluation Methods, Participative Decision Making, Program Evaluation
Levinsohn, Mary; Klyap, John M. – 1999
This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a social competence promotion program conducted in the sixth grade of a middle school. The need to increase social competence within the school arose from the results of enumerative and stakeholder data collected at the school. This paper outlines the steps of the needs assessment, program…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Interpersonal Competence, Middle Schools
Wagner, Carson B. – 2001
The present study uses an exemplar of contextual adolescent behavior theory, Jessor and Jessor's (1977) Problem Behavior Therapy (PBT), to review the current state of drug use prevention strategies. An overview of PBT theory and research are provided, and health communication programs, both academic and professional, are evaluated accordingly. It…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories
Rivers, Janelle – 1988
Analysis of survey results from 199 PET (Program for Effective Teaching) trained teachers in three cohorts trained in successive years and from 62 non-PET trained teachers indicate the PET-trained teachers responded favorably to the initial training. Teachers perceive that PET-training has had a positive effect on their classroom performance, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Hatley, Richard V.; And Others – 1996
Leaders within the professional practices of law, medicine, business administration, and school leadership share the common challenge of designing, implementing, and evaluating programs of study that integrate sophisticated levels of knowledge of content and deep understanding of the strategies and skills required for practice problem solving.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Doctoral Programs, Educational Administration, Educational Innovation
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
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van Wijck, Ruud – 1996
This paper introduces an alternative to the conventional "method-oriented" approach to evaluation of interventions with people having profound/multiple intellectual disabilities (PMPID). The proposed approach uses the principles of theory-driven evaluation, based on a program theory which specifies what must be done to achieve the desired goals,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Models
Murphy, Dermot F. – 1991
Motivated by the introduction of a new secondary school language curriculum in Malaysia, a project was undertaken to examine its effects on classroom teaching and learning, particularly from the teacher's perspective. The portion of the project that involved training state officials to participate in a formative evaluation of the curriculum and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation
Elliott, Emerson J. – 1994
This paper offers examples of the ways in which research influences national policies related to assessment and program evaluation. It describes an ongoing evaluation being conducted by the National Academy of Education (NAE) of the "Trial State Assessment," a piece of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). At this interim stage,…
Descriptors: Blue Ribbon Commissions, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Hansen, Joe B.; Hathaway, Walter E. – 1988
Evaluation policy and how it is determined in a major school district are examined, using a qualitative case study approach. Focus is on stimulating dialogue on these issues toward the development of a theory of the way evaluation and policy interact in a large school district. The experience of the Portland Public Schools (PPS) in Oregon in…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Meeker, Mary – Communicator, 1987
The history of leadership by California educators in the field of gifted develop the intellectual giftedness. The document argues for the objective evaluation article asserts that gifted education in California is at the end of its adolescence and ready to have a new degree of order introduced through the adoption of scientific processes. The…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
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Elliott, John – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1990
This article focuses on the problems, dilemmas, and issues which confront facilitators of teacher-based action research in schools. Three action research projects in the United Kingdom are described. An attempt is made to clarify the theoretical and philosophical assumptions which underpin the action research movement in education. (IAH)
Descriptors: Action Research, Curriculum Development, Educational Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Cordeiro, Paula; And Others – 1993
This paper focuses on the emerging role of practitioners, students, and professors in the preparation of school administrators. The first section provides an overview of the Connecticut Administrator Preparation Program (CAPP), a 2-year program based on core modules/courses, reflection sessions, and internship experiences. The second section…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Kalata, Erica D.; Satterfield, Mary Ellen; Klees, Phyllis – 2002
This innovative session provides a vehicle for facilitating dialogue and practical application of effective tools for linking human resource development (HRD) strategies with business/organizational strategies. The primary goal is to provide an increased understanding of and skill using practical, research-based approaches and techniques to build…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Human Capital, Human Resources
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