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Bickman, Leonard – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1987
Ten functions of program theory are reviewed: contributing to social science knowledge; assisting policymakers, discriminating between theory failure and program failure, identifying the problem and target group, providing program implementation description, uncovering unintended effects, specifying intervening variables, improving formative use…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Models, Problem Solving
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Scheirer, Mary Ann – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1987
Program theory and implementation process theory contribute, respectively, to specifying the what and the why of program delivery. This article discusses the relationship between these two theories and the types of data collection methods that can be derived from each in order to contribute to more comprehensive evaluation designs. (JAZ)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Measurement Techniques
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Conrad, Kendon J.; Miller, Todd Q. – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1987
A short history of program theory in evaluation is reviewed. Two related problems in program evaluation are discussed and illustrated: (1) how to specify in measurable terms the consensus of theories and values that guides the program; and (2) how to construct a theoretical framework that specifies the use of these measurements. (Author/JAZ)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, History, Measurement Techniques