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Westgaard, Odin – NSPI Journal, 1979
Describes procedure to measure a new course's ability to meet standards in three areas: student acceptance, student gains, and student comprehension. It has been used over three years to test the acceptability of 31 courses which contain more than 200 videotape presentations, and thousands of pages of print materials. (Author/JEG)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Instructional Design, Instructional Materials
Dick, Walter – Performance and Instruction, 1986
Addresses the four questions raised by Yelon about use of pretests with instruction--should I pretest; on what should I pretest; how should I pretest; how should I adjust to results--and answers them from the perspective of instructional designers conducting formative evaluations to improve quality of instruction under development. (MBR)
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Instructional Design, Material Development, Motivation
Download full textBaker, Eva L. – 1974
The report describes the development of a project which produced an integrated set of materials on formative evaluation that are appropriate for use in graduate training, research and development settings, and public school personnel use. The objectives of the project were: (1) to identify relevant data sources for formative evaluation and to…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Formative Evaluation, Glossaries, Instructional Improvement
PDF pending restorationUtah State Univ., Logan. Exceptional Child Center. – 1976
A parent training model utilizing rural Utah (Box Elder County) parents whose children had been identified by their teachers as among the lowest three in their classes in reading or mathematics performance examined the academic performance of 150 students in grades 2-6 derived from 9 elementary schools (5 schools in the treatment group and 4 in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Control Groups, Elementary Education, Experimental Groups
O'Reilly, Robert P.; Hambleton, Ronald K. – 1971
This paper presents the designs underlying an IPI approach to ninth grade science implemented in the Jamesville-DeWitt schools in New York State. Briefly described are the generalizable instructional model, evaluation systems for assessing individual performance and the effectiveness of the instructional program and the support systems which make…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Processing, Evaluation Methods
PDF pending restorationWeber, Margaret B. – 1976
An application of evaluation methodology to innovative educational programs through a case study of a Chicago suburban high school program for alternative education is presented. The evaluation methodology encompasses the difficulty in combining comparative programs, individual-diagnostic, and individual developmental measures, the selection of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Affective Measures, Affective Objectives, Behavioral Objectives
