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Performance Improvement Based on Results: Is Our Field Interested in Adding Value?
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Guerra, Ingrid J. – Performance Improvement, 2001
Discussion of human performance technology and a shift from emphasizing training to emphasizing performance focuses on a review of articles from "Performance Improvement". Results show most articles were focused on processes and particular interventions in business and industry and did not include evaluation that addressed added societal…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training, Journal Articles, Performance Technology
A Performance Technology Approach to Improving Evaluation.
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Rohrer-Murphy, Lucia; Moller, Leslie; Benscoter, Bud – Performance Improvement, 1997
Discusses the evaluation component of instructional design, suggests a performance technology approach to improve evaluation, and describes the Rummler-Brache Organizational Alignment Model that provides guidelines for systematically identifying the key variables when reorganizing training toward more appropriate evaluation. (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Instructional Design
Learner-Centered Usability: Tools for Creating a Learner-Friendly Instructional Environment.
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Lohr, Linda L.; Eikleberry, Carol – Performance Improvement, 2001
Discusses usability in the context of creating distance learning or computer-based training environments and describes a three-step approach to learner-centered usability testing. Highlights include functions of the instructional interface that should be similar to a responsive teacher; elements in the learning environment; and testing it via a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Distance Education, Educational Environment
Re-Evaluating Evaluation.
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Piskurich, George M. – Performance Improvement, 1997
Discusses the increasing emphasis on evaluation in the fields of training and performance improvement. Suggests considering why the evaluation is being done, what is being evaluated, and how the data will be used to make it more useful. (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Problems
Self-Study to Instructor-Led: A Conversion Strategy.
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Briziarelli, Gregory – Performance Improvement, 1997
Explores how to evaluate an existing self-study training course and determine whether it is better suited to an instructor-led format. Discusses determining the need, converting to an instructor-led format, benefits of instructor-led training, and evaluating the training. (LRW)
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Course Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Independent Study
Using Business Performance To Evaluate Multimedia Training in Manufacturing.
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Lachenmaier, Lynn S.; Moor, William C. – Performance Improvement, 1997
Discusses training evaluation and shows how an abbreviated form of Kirkpatrick's four-level evaluation model can be used effectively to evaluate multimedia-based manufacturing training. Topics include trends in manufacturing training, quantifying performance improvement, and statistical comparisons using the Mann-Whitney test and the Tukey Quick…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Manufacturing, Models
The Shoemaker's Gap.
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Deterline, William – Performance Improvement, 1997
Discussion of human performance technology focuses on training and performance improvement. Highlights include performance maintenance; environmental influences that can affect performance; and the evolving role of human performance technology, including feedback, evaluation, and design efforts. (LRW)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Evaluation Methods, Feedback, Improvement