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McKown, Clark – Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2019
Social and emotional learning (SEL) has been defined in various ways. One of the most commonly cited models, that of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), defines SEL as "the process through which students and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Competence, Evaluation Methods
Alkin, Marvin C. – Guilford Publications, 2010
Written in a refreshing conversational style, this text thoroughly prepares students, program administrators, and new evaluators to conduct evaluations or to use them in their work. The book's question-driven focus and clear discussions about the importance of fostering evaluation use by building collaborative relationships with stakeholders set…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Evaluation Methods, Stakeholders, Data Analysis
Carless, David – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2010
Research evidence indicates that formative assessment is one of the most effective ways of enhancing student learning. It is, however, difficult to implement successfully, principally because what is tested through summative assessment has such a powerful influence on teacher and student actions. This book scrutinizes the relationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Formative Evaluation, Educational Testing
Halpern, Edward S. – 1983
This paper describes how a naturalistic inquirer can demonstrate rigor, or trustworthiness, and how an auditor might assess it. Looking at both inquiry products and processes, Part 1 of this paper describes how an audit may assess whether an inquiry's findings and conclusions are grounded in the raw data, and whether appropriate conventions were…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Models
Tuckman, Bruce Wayne – 1985
This book details a total approach to writing objectives, designing measuring instruments, performing objective comparisons, and avoiding pitfalls in conducting three types of instructional program evaluations. Chapters discuss issues, problems, and solutions in the following sequence: (1) an overview of instructional program evaluation; (2)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education
Gray, Peter J.; And Others – 1982
This guide provides evaluators interested in new methods with a framework for determining the feasibility, utility, and effectiveness of the methods in field settings. To accomplish this intent, the body of this guide contains discussions of five checklists. Three of the checklists are to be used before a trial to determine the feasibility of one…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Evaluation Methods, Feasibility Studies, Field Studies
Hull, William L.; And Others – 1984
A framework to aid in estimating the impact from educational research and development (R&D) products was developed at the National Center for Research in Vocational Education at the Ohio State University. The dimensions of the framework (product development, distribution, implementation, utilization and effects) are explained in detail. The…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Fetterman, David M. – 1993
This document considers both self-examination and external evaluation of gifted and talented education programs. Principles of the self-examination process are offered, noting similarities to external evaluation models. Principles of self-evaluation efforts include the importance of maintaining a nonjudgmental orientation, soliciting views from…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Gifted
Bosco, James – Educational Technology, 1986
This analysis of the evaluation literature on interactive video describes nature of the evaluations, reviews information on the effectiveness of interactive video, and discusses what the evaluations offer for improvement of interactive video design and use. Implications of these evaluations for the conduct of future studies are noted. (MBR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Interactive Video
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Lichtenberger, Eric; Ogle, J. Todd – Journal of Correctional Education, 2006
This article highlights several issues related to the collection of post-release outcome data in the evaluation of correctional education programs and identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the different methods of collecting data related to recidivism, employment/earnings, and further education/training. The use of traditional follow-up in…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Development, Adult Education, Summative Evaluation
Pohland, Paul A.; Higbie, Virginia C. – 1982
The authors argue that most current modes of formative and summative teacher evaluation are fundamentally unproductive. Unproductiveness stems from focusing upon efficiency rather than effectiveness, post rather than future performance, individual rather than organizational performance, and authoritarian rather than collegial relationships.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs, Formative Evaluation, Models
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Baggaley, Jon – Canadian Journal of Educational Communication, 1986
Suggests benefits of a formative evaluation approach to development of educational television. Examples are given of recent Canadian studies in this field in the areas of needs assessment, product and process development, and product utilization. Variables underlying audience responses to media materials are set in the context of attribution…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Television, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Dusewicz, Russell A.; And Others – 1987
This guide is designed to help educators plan and carry out evaluations of adult education programs. Following an introduction, Section 2 discusses how the evaluation process fits into the concept and normal cycle of program development. Section 3 describes the stages of the evaluation process, including needs assessment, program planning, process…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. Pacific Region. – 1988
Presented is a checklist for use by science coordinators, school principals, science supervisors, and teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses of science programs in grades kindergarten through six. It can also be used by science coordinators during school visits. This guide contains space for recording information concerning: school name and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Formative Evaluation, Models
Caudle, Sharon L. – 1985
Rather than automatically presuming explicit conditions exist when designing an evaluation to fit the summative or formative mold, evaluators should think of an evaluation design as fitting between endpoints on an evaluation process continuum. Evaluators can blend techniques from both the formative and summative evaluation, matching actual program…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
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