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Download full textSt. John, Mark – 1985
Criticism is the art of disclosing the qualities of events or objects the connoisseur perceives. Criticism is not negative appraisal, nor a list of unfavorable judgements; its essence is illumination. The key characteristics of criticism used as an evaluation method are: (1) inherent subjectivity; (2) reliance on the perception of the critic (its…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Literary Criticism
St. John, Mark – 1985
Both evaluators and storytellers pull together the events they hear and see; they create unified, coherent entities out of the parts they gather. This guide considers two levels at which the understanding of the nature and methods of narrative writing, or storytelling, can be of use to the evaluator. The highest level is to use the notion of…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Models
St. John, Mark – 1985
The choice of methods is part of the overall evaluation design process. The process consists of the following steps: (1) analyzing the problem context; (2) asking a few general questions; (3) selecting the methods (strategies) to use; and (4) selecting the specific techniques (tactics) to use. To operate successfully the evaluator needs to know…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
