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A Naturalistic Method for Assessing the Learning of Arithmatic from Computer-Aided Practice.
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Hativa, Nira – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1986
A study used the naturalistic method of inquiry in order to investigate the CAI (Computer Assisted Instruction) contribution to students' performance in arithmetic and to identify possible problems. The study was aimed at understanding the holistic environment of students' individualized drill in arithmetic with the computer. (BS)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Educational Innovations: Using the Study Process Questionnaire To Show that Meaningful Learning Occurs.
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Kember, David; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1997
Advocate the use of repeated applications of inventories of approaches to learning as an appropriate technique for the evaluation of educational innovations. Presents three case studies that use the Study Process Questionnaire (J. Biggs, 1987) to show how the measure can be used for innovations in naturalistic settings. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
The Applicability of Selected Evaluation Models to Evolving Investigative Designs.
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Smith, Nick L.; Hauer, Diane M. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1990
Ten evaluation models are examined in terms of their applicability to investigative, emergent design programs: Stake's portrayal, Wolf's adversary, Patton's utilization, Guba's investigative journalism, Scriven's goal-free, Scriven's modus operandi, Eisner's connoisseurial, Stufflebeam's CIPP, Tyler's objective based, and Levin's cost…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Goodness of Fit, Investigations
Implementation Frailties of Guba and Lincoln's "Fourth Generation" Evaluation Theory.
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O'Neill, Tom – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1995
The evaluation of a science education project for teachers in Durban (South Africa) illustrates some problems inherent in the application of the fourth-generation evaluation approach of Guba and Lincoln. One of the strongest concerns is that full participation by stakeholders may be an unrealistic assumption. (SLD)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization, Foreign Countries
Entering a New Field: Evaluation in the Workplace.
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Derricott, Ray; Parsell, Glennys – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1991
A one-year project was conducted by the Training, Enterprise, and Education Directorate to evaluate the effectiveness of a learning program at a northwest England Skillcenter for developing nonmanual skills in unemployed adults. Interviews with 30 trainees and training workplace observations identify strengths and weaknesses of this continually…
Descriptors: Adults, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Ecology and Experimentation in the Evaluation of Information Technology Interventions in Natural Classroom Settings.
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Peled, Zimra; And Others – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1991
A framework is proposed for evaluating the learning ecology and processes created by information technology in schools and developing an ecological model for research. The evaluation of Project Comptown, an intervention with extensive use of computers in two Israeli communities (with over 6,000 students), illustrates the framework. (SLD)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Environment, Elementary School Students
Behavioral Field Systems Evaluation in Movement Education Classrooms: Practice and Implications.
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Sharpe, Tom; Hawkins, Andrew – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1993
A technologically driven instructional assessment protocol, behavioral field systems evaluation, is explored relative to current application in movement education classrooms in a public school. The instrument, the Behavioral Evaluation Strategy and Taxonomy, was successfully applied to two elementary school teacher aggregates of six subjects each.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection, Educational Assessment