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Capturing Research Impacts: A Review of International Practice. Documented Briefing
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Grant, Jonathan; Brutscher, Philipp-Bastian; Kirk, Susan Ella; Butler, Linda; Wooding, Steven – RAND Corporation, 2010
In February 2009, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) commissioned RAND Europe to review approaches to evaluating the impact of research as part of their wider work programme to develop new arrangements for the assessment and funding of research--referred to as the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The objectives were 1) to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Utilization, Scoring, Foreign Countries
Design and Evaluation of a Protocol to Assess Electronic Travel Aids for Persons Who Are Visually Impaired
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Havik, Else M.; Steyvers, Frank J. J. M.; van der Velde, Hanneke; Pinkster, J. Christiaan; Kooijman, Aart C. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2010
This study evaluated a protocol that was developed to assess how beneficial electronic travel aids are for persons who are visually impaired. Twenty persons with visual impairments used an electronic travel device (Trekker) for six weeks to conform to the protocol, which proved useful in identifying successful users of the device. (Contains 2…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Assistive Technology, Program Evaluation, Program Design
Applications of De Groot's "Learner Report": A Tool to Identify Educational Objectives and Learning Experiences.
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Van Kesteren, Baukje J. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1993
The Learner Report (LR) (A. D. De Groot, 1974) is an instrument to identify educational objectives that resist obvious measurement. An overview is presented of studies using the LR and problems and solutions found in the literature and identified in a survey of 16 Dutch LR users. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Foreign Countries