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Workman, Jeffrey D.; Scheer, Scott D. – Journal of Extension, 2012
Research was conducted to explore the level of evidence of impact collected through program evaluation (outcome studies) by Extension as published in "JOE." Articles reviewed were those listed under the headings of "Feature Articles" and "Research in Brief" in 5-year increments (1965-69, 1975-79, 1985-89, 1995-99, and…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Journal Articles
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Pigg, Kenneth E. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1990
A quantitative approach to accountability in community development ignores important aspects of the process, and a qualitative approach often fails to demonstrate to the public community development's impact. The use of interpretive methods, such as those used in the natural resources and recreation fields, can help people understand community…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Development, Data Interpretation, Information Utilization
Old West Regional Commission, Billings, MT. – 1975
To evaluate and test the effectiveness of the "Procedures Manual for Assisting the Socioeconomic Impact of the Construction and Operation of Coal Utilization Facilities in the Old West Region," an impact study of a proposed electric generating station on the Laramie River near Wheatland, Wyoming, identifies difficulties encountered in…
Descriptors: Community Development, Costs, Economic Development, Employment
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. Science and Education Administration. – 1980
This report describes the cooperative extension system and evaluates the consequences of its educational programs. An executive summary provides an overview of the contents: background, highlights of findings related to consequences, interpretations, and implications for the future. Following an introduction, chapter 2 discusses extension in terms…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agriculture, Community Development
Rivera, William M.; And Others – 1983
This review of selected study designs, the first volume of a two-volume resource, is intended to advise state administrative program leaders and others with program evaluation responsibilities of how to design studies of cooperative extension programs. Three kinds of information are presented in the volume's three parts. The first part introduces…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Agricultural Education, Community Development
Rivera, William M., Ed.; And Others – 1983
These abstracts of 42 studies of extension program results, which make up the second volume of a two-volume resource, are intended to advise state administrative program leaders and others with program evaluation responsibilities of how to design studies of cooperative extension programs. Designed to support volume I, which refers to these…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Agricultural Education
Lee, Jasper S., Comp.; Cheatham, Danny L., Comp. – 1986
This document contains 200 one-page abstracts intended to provide a linkage between producers and consumers of research related to the Cooperative Extension Service. The abstracts are organized into nine broad categories: administration, agriculture/natural resources, accountability and evaluation, community resource development, 4-H and youth,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Agricultural Education, Community Development, Community Programs