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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Developmental evaluation"”.
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A case study on a design-informed developmental evaluation
Developmental evaluation (DE) is an evaluation approach that aims to support the development of an innovation (Patton, 1994, 2011). This aim is achieved through supporting clients’ information needs through evaluative inquiry as they work to develop and refine the innovation. While core concepts …
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Second-order learning in developmental evaluation for community-based sustainability
… the performance of many funded international developmental and community-based sustainability (CBS) projects are variable, with evidence suggesting that changes elicited are negligible in duration, type, and scale. However, evaluating project performance relative to pre-defined outcomes may …
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Study Abroad and the Global Public Good: A Developmental Evaluation of the International Business Major
… for the local and global community. This program evaluation contributes to this line of inquiry by asking international business majors about the influences on their study abroad program choice process and the involvement of the university’s mission to positively impact the public good. Using …
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Implementing and Evaluating a New Mental Health and Substance Use Service Model at Island Health: Insights into Organizational Learning and Developmental Evaluation
… followed the simultaneous implementation and evaluation of a new mental health and substance use (MHSU) service model at the Western Communities Service Hub (WC Hub), a Colwood, BC-based program and facility, established by Island Health. Open in 2023, the WC Hub brings the integrated, …
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Making Space for Evaluation to Strengthen Conservation Innovation
… of how and when to productively integrate evaluation to enhance and accelerate innovation through structuring systematic processes of questioning, collecting, and analyzing social-ecological data, called evaluative thinking. The following chapters describe results and implications of an …
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Neurocognitive outcome of HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy at Red Cross Children's Hospital
… The spectrum of CNS morbidity varies from minor developmental disabilities to severe, progressive encephalopathy. Therefore regular developmental evaluation should be regarded as an essential component of the overall care of HIV-infected children. Antiretroviral therapy may arrest or even reverse …
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Conduct of a meta review of programme evaluations : a case study of the SEARCH Program
… case study that critically examines the evaluations that were undertaken as part of a continuing professional development (CPD) programme for health care professionals. The case is the SEARCH Program, an innovative CPD programme, which was designed to promote the implementation of …
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A Comparison of the BASC and the CBCL With Referred Preschoolers
… of preschool-aged children referred for a developmental evaluation participated in this study by completing both the BASC and CBCL on their children. Mean scores, correlations, and standard score differences were examined for 13 corresponding scales on the BASC and CBCL. The results …
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Advancing global health education in nursing: An insider’s journey of professional learning and leadership development
… research design, guided by Michael Patton's Developmental Evaluation Framework (2015), to allow for ongoing refinement of methods. The research contributes to global health education by offering a variation to traditional ISL by creating accessible, cost-effective virtual engagement …
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A tale of two grades: an evaluation of Grading for Learning, a middle school grading reform
This developmental evaluation used multiple methods to evaluate the implementation of a grading reform initiated by two math teachers in a large traditional middle school in greater Minnesota. The reform, titled "Grading for Learning," was developed based on a review of scholarly research and a …
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High Potential to High Performance - A Strategy for Kiwi Success on the World Stage - Creating the ‘Kiwi Way’ of Winning at Football World Cups
… implementation, testing, and refinement using developmental evaluation. This phase prioritised iterative learning and adaptation by integrating insights from interviews, surveys, stakeholder input, and real-world application into the evolving plan. Beyond achieving the All Whites’ performance …
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Exploring Collective Impact: A Developmental Program Evaluation of a College Access Program
… and strategies.</p> <p>To assist in the program evaluation, I created a CI framework comprised of CI performance indicators associated with each of the five CI conditions. These performance indicators provided the criteria for the data collection methods in the program evaluation. Using a …
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Knowledge to Action: Addressing the social determinants of health to promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social and Emotional Wellbeing
… Practice-based evidence was generated from a developmental evaluation of an initiative addressing unmet social and cultural needs of Indigenous South Australians. Community-level outcomes emphasised significant unmet mental health and social needs for South Australian communities. Review …
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Neurodevelopmental outcome of the high risk infant in Cape Town
… encephalopathy); to evaluate selected early neurodevelopmental assessments of these infants; and to propose a protocol for their effective follow-up. Three separate cohorts were selected and studied in order to achieve these aims. A prospective six-year follow-up study of infants with birth …