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Project Evaluation: Validation of a Scale and Analysis of Its Predictive Capacity
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Fernandes Malaquias, Rodrigo; de Oliveira Malaquias, Fernanda Francielle – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
The objective of this study was to validate a scale for assessment of academic projects. As a complement, we examined its predictive ability by comparing the scores of advised/corrected projects based on the model and the final scores awarded to the work by an examining panel (approximately 10 months after the project design). Results of…
Descriptors: Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Test Construction
The Refinement of a Worksite Health Promotion Post-Program Evaluation Instrument.
Golaszewski, Thomas; And Others – Health Education, 1990
An evaluation instrument, DataPac, was developed and pilot-tested to assess the efficacy of corporate health promotion programs. This article reports results of a study to evaluate the DataPac questionnaire for construct validity, criterion validity, and stability reliability. Implications for worksite health programs are discussed. (IAH)
Descriptors: Adults, Construct Validity, Evaluation Methods, Fringe Benefits
Approaches to Predicting Student Success: Findings and Recommendations from a Study of California Community Colleges.
Cohen, Elaine; And Others – 1989
In the summer of 1987, a project was undertaken by a consortium of eight California community colleges to develop valid and culturally fair assessment procedures for placing students into appropriate level courses. The specific objective of the project was to provide a guide to the state's community colleges for the development of these procedures…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Predictive Measurement, Predictive Validity
Counseling Medical Students Preparing for Their Licensure Examination: Students Evaluation of the Program's Usefulness.
Cason, Gerald J.; And Others – 1985
Senior medical students at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences were surveyed regarding the value of a program providing regression based predictions of their individual Day 1, 2, 3, and Total Federation Licensure Examination (FLEX) scores and the probability of passing the FLEX for subsequent Arkansas licensure. The prediction formulas…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education, Mastery Tests, Medical Students
Expected and Actual Student Use of an Online Learning Environment: A Critical Analysis
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Beasley, Nicola; Smyth, Keith – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2004
While Online Learning Environments (OLEs) can potentially support learning that is more autonomous and authentic in nature than traditional instructional environments often allow, students do not always use OLEs in the ways expected or desired by their tutors. This paper examines the findings of a recent evaluation of an OLE designed for…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Use Studies, Technology Uses in Education, Program Evaluation
SIGI: Field Test and Evaluation of a Computer-Based System of Interactive Guidance and Information. Volume I: Report.
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Chapman, Warren; And Others – 1977
The computer-based System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI) was field tested and evaluated at five community colleges and one university. Developed by Educational Testing Service, SIGI assists students in the process of informed and rational career decision making. Interacting at a cathode-ray tube terminal with a computer, students…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Career Planning