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Three Approaches to Evaluation Research.
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Rafter, David O. – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1984
Three common evaluation models are the scientific, interactive, and hybrid. A study of evaluation projects mandated by the Wisconsin legislature revealed that the hybrid model was most effective in achieving policy planning and policy control utilization, the interactive approach provided aid to individual utilization, and the scientific approach…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Models, Planning
Acquiring Knowledge of Implementation and Change: Essential for Program Evaluators?
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Owen, John M.; And Others – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1994
Discusses strategies designed to increase the instrumental use of program evaluation findings based on experiences in Australian schools. Highlights include an evaluation plan; awareness of the evaluation; timely reporting techniques; guidelines for implementation of findings; and the role of the evaluator as change agent. (Contains 21…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
The Utility of the Knowledge Use System in a Higher Education Evaluation Setting.
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Brown-McGowan, Sharon; Eichelberger, R. Tony – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1993
Describes use of the Knowledge Use System, originally developed as a tool for corporate market research to overcome obstacles to implementation, in a higher education setting to delineate decision-maker variables and characteristics that may impede the utilization of evaluation results. Implications for future research and for higher education are…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Futures (of Society)
Preserving Data about the Knowledge Creation Process: Developing an Archive on the Cold Fusion Controversy.
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Lewenstein, Bruce V. – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1991
Describes the creation of the Cold Fusion Archive at Cornell University and raises questions about documenting how scientific knowledge is created, diffused, and evaluated. Types of materials collected are described; issues involving the acquisition, organization, and preservation of materials are addressed; and the scope and limitations of…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Electronic Mail, Evaluation Methods
"Good Science Gets Funded...": The Historical Evolution of Grant Making at the National Science Foundation.
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Mazuzan, George T. – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1992
Presents a historical view of the development of the system used at the National Science Foundation for judging proposals sent to the agency for financial support for fundamental research. Controversies that challenged established procedures are described; political influences and policy changes are examined; and the peer review process is…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Confidentiality, Evaluation Methods, Grants
The Dilemmas of Change: Lessons from a School Improvement Effort Gone Awry.
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Ruscoe, Gordon C.; Miller, Stephen K. – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1991
Describes a research project conducted in Kentucky that developed and tested the Kentucky Teacher Inventory, a set of teacher evaluation instruments that could be used to determine career path advancement and to examine teacher attitudes and use of that information as a means to promote school effectiveness. Effective knowledge utilization is…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, School Effectiveness
Data on the Federal Research System in the United States: What's Known and What's Not.
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Chubin, Daryl E.; Robinson, Elizabeth M. – Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1991
Discusses a study conducted by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) which examined the federally funded research system and the role of data for decision making in research policy. Highlights include data needs; research expenditures and personnel; the research process; measuring the outcomes of research; and the research evaluation process.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Expenditures