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Jones, Wayne; And Others – Educational Technology, 1976
In an attempt to develop a systematic procedure for dealing with the task of making appropriate and efficient decisions, this article suggests certain over-all structures within which teacher evaluations can be carried out. (Author)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Models, Teacher Evaluation
Ashburn, Arnold G. – Educational Technology, 1975
Process evaluation involves a considerable amount of informal and unscheduled reporting, but a flow diagram gives some structure and expectancy level for informal and unscheduled situations. (Author)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Flow Charts
Friedman, Myles I.; Anderson, Lorin W. – Educational Technology, 1979
A 19-step general evaluation model is described through its four stages: identifying problems, prescribing program solutions, evaluating the operation of the program, and evaluating the effectiveness of the model. The role of the evaluator in decision making is also explored. (RAO)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Models
Gill, Barbara J.; And Others – Educational Technology, 1992
Describes the evaluation of a new model for software evaluation that emphasizes the collection of student performance data to determine the extent to which students learn the knowledge a software package intends to teach. Discussion covers the results of two studies, evaluation criteria and methods, evaluator subjectivity in decision making,…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Data Collection, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria
Kimpston, Richard D.; Stockton, William S. – Educational Technology, 1979
Outlines a technique for setting priorities among competing needs, and examines the strengths and weaknesses of several popular needs assessment models. Relevance of goal attainability and force field analysis to curriculum decision-making is also discussed. (RAO)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Needs, Essays, Evaluation Methods
Della-Piana, Gabriel; Della-Piana, Connie Kubo – Educational Technology, 1984
Suggests conventional evaluation reports are inappropriate for what needs to be portrayed for software users concerned with acquisition, software adaptation, design and development, and teacher implementation decisions. Two forms for evaluating information are described and illustrated--a narrative portrayal form and a design and development…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Data Collection, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
Leh, Amy S. C.; Sleezer, Catherine M.; Anderson, Vicki A. – Educational Technology, 1998
Reports a study of how decision makers in 10 different business and educational contexts valued educational technology. Considers how practitioners and scholars can use this information to improve future evaluation efforts. Two tables show interviewees' institutions and job roles and bases that interviewees used in making educational technology…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Corporations, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Straetmans, Gerard J. J. M.; Eggen, Theo J. H. M. – Educational Technology, 1998
Describes the workings of computerized adaptive testing (CAT). Focuses on the key concept of information and then discusses two important components of a CAT system: the calibrated item bank and the testing algorithm. Describes a CAT that was designed for making placement decisions on the basis of two typical test administrations and notes the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Testing, Algorithms, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer System Design
