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Conner, Ross F.; Fitzpatrick, Jody L.; Rog, Debra J. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2012
In this chapter, we revisit and expand the context framework of Debra Rog, informed by three cases and by new aspects that we have identified. We then propose a way to move the framework into action, making context explicit. Based on the framework's components, we describe and illustrate a process we label context assessment (CA), which provides a…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Context Effect, Models, Planning
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Blake, Sarah C.; Ottoson, Judith M. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2009
Knowledge utilization is a field crossing many sectors, from agriculture, since the 1920s, to health care today. Evaluators have made long-standing contributions to understanding knowledge utilization. Different models or ways to think about knowledge utilization have evolved to reflect different perspectives, contexts, and stages of the process,…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Effectiveness, Information Dissemination, Evaluation Utilization
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Kirkhart, Karen E. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2000
Presents an integrated theory of evaluation influence that is broader than previous constructs of use and includes the dimensions of source, intention, and time. The resulting framework addresses process-based use and results-based use; intended and unintended use; and episodic and instrumental use. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Models, Theories
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Henry, Gary T. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2005
The author presents a proposal that is roughly based on a contingency-based theory of evaluation developed in his book, "Evaluation: An Integrated Framework for Understanding, Guiding, and Improving Policies and Programs" (Mark, Henry, and Julnes, 2000). He and his coauthors stated in this book that social betterment was the ultimate goal of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Models, Partnerships in Education, Educational Change
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Henry, Gary T., Ed.; Julnes, George, Ed.; Mark, Melvin M., Ed. – New Directions for Evaluation, 1998
The five articles of this sourcebook, organized around the five-component framework for evaluation described by W. Shadish, T. Cook, and L. Leviton (1991), present a new theory of realist evaluation that captures the sensemaking contributions of postpositivism and the sensitivity to values from the constructivist traditions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Models