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Kennedy, Mary F.; And Others – 1985
The paper describes a naturalistic evaluation study of an enrichment program for gifted learners in Newfoundland. The pull-out program (for two half days out of six) is described in terms of audience concerns and issues, standards, program components, and data-generating techniques (observations and interviews). The evaluation led to a report…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Gifted
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Pearsol, James A., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1987
This collection of seven short articles discusses the role of naturalistic observation in program evaluation. There are criteria that evaluators explicitly or implicitly use to reach conclusions. These papers discuss these criteria and try to determine what constitutes legitimate evaluation knowledge. (RB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Evaluation Methods, Information Dissemination, Management Systems
Yoong, Suan – 1986
Egon G. Guba and Yvonna S. Lincoln were among the first to develop a set of extensive criteria for establishing naturalistic inquiry as a disciplined research methodology. The naturalistic paradigm--also called post-positivist, ethnographic, phenomenological, and qualitative--has gained acceptance as a legitimate alternative to the previously…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Evaluation Methods, Inquiry
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Sechrest, Lee; And Others – Evaluation Practice, 1993
Continuing the interchange of ideas about evaluation methodology, the authors argue the advisability of using the entire array of methods to produce useful and persuasive findings. There is, ultimately, a truth to be sought, but no one approach has a monopoly on finding it. (SLD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Naturalistic Observation
Guba, Egon G. – 1978
Evaluation is viewed as essential to decision making and social policy development. Since conventional methods have been disappointing or inadequate, naturalistic inquiry (N/I) differs from conventional science in minimizing constraints on antecedent conditions (controls) and on output (dependent variables). N/I is phenomenological rather than…
Descriptors: Credibility, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Zeph, Lucille A. – Research in Rural Education, 1985
Outlines specific steps for implementing and validating a qualitative methodology designed to evaluate rural areas' special education programs serving students with severe special needs. Provides a rationale for use of the elements of aesthetic criticism as the basis of the methodology and discusses practical limitations and usefulness of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities, Naturalistic Observation
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Wiener, Richard L.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1994
Naturalistic and traditional social science models were used to conduct a needs assessment in which 35 stakeholders were interviewed about their perceptions of the functioning of a crisis agency and the needs of the community and the agency. Concept mapping (multidimensional scaling and hierarchical analysis) was used to establish need categories…
Descriptors: Agencies, Concept Mapping, Crisis Intervention, Interviews
Pearsol, James A. – 1985
This paper describes the practical steps employed in controlling interview data generated from a research project investigating teachers' perspectives on the worth of a sex equity educational demonstration project. These perspectives were then considered as value frameworks that might be used to formulate and interpret a naturalistic-responsive…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs
Morrison, James L. – 1986
Nine syllabi for courses on research and evaluation in higher education are reviewed. The syllabi fall into four areas: general research design and methods, program evaluation, naturalistic inquiry, and institutional self-study. A course on research design and methods at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, focuses on three basic modes…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Curriculum Development