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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Evaluation practice"”.
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Evaluation from Both Sides Now: Towards an Epistemology of Evaluation Practice
<p>Throughout its history, the evaluation field has developed numerous theories. These theories, or evaluation theory as they are collectively known, are integral to the knowledge of the discipline and represent the field’s collective understanding of how evaluation can and should be practiced. …
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Monitoring and evaluation practice to discern meaningful change in community-based early childhood development centres
… funding sources? Approaches to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and impact considerations are examined in community settings. From this, theoretical and practical lessons are drawn to form the basis for analysis of the research findings. The study adopts a predominantly qualitative approach …
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A Validation Of Critical Constructs Of Essential Evaluator Competency And Evaluation Practice: An Application Of Structural Equation Modeling
… the interplay of two critical constructs in evaluation: essential evaluator competency and evaluator practice. The research questions in this study, according to Smith (2008), are essentially, what he defined as “fundamental issues in evaluation.” These issues fall into one or multiple of the …
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A sequential explanatory mixed methods investigation of e-government outcomes evaluation practice in developing countries: South Africa as context
… how the services can be improved. E-government evaluation is, therefore, an important research problem— more so in developing countries, where resources are scarce, and the opportunity cost is higher. This, notwithstanding, there is a paucity of research. This research explored the “lay of the …
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How evaluation practice, knowledge construction, value, and social programming predict utilization of program review recommendations by community college department chairs
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Putting (programme) theory into practice, the use of programme theory in programme evaluation practice in small third sector organisations. Current practice and future improvements
The theory-practice gaps in the field of evaluation demand evaluation. Research on evaluation aims to address these gaps. Specifically, this thesis focuses on the use of programme theory in the context of programme evaluation practice in small third sector organisations. In this context, social …
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A Meta-Evaluation of Taiwan Ministry of Education's National Technology Institutes Evaluation: A Study of Evaluation Team's and Stakeholders' Judgements on the Evaluation Practice
A meta-evaluation of the Taiwan Ministry of Education's 1990 National Technology Institutes Evaluation practices was conducted. The major focus of the meta-evaluation was to compile pertinent information and to make comparisons of performance relative to the utility, feasibility, propriety, and …
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Evaluator characteristics and programme evaluability decisions: an exploratory study of evaluation practice in South Africa, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America
… the literature for cross-country comparisons of evaluation practice, this simulation study investigated (a) evaluators' perspectives on what determines a programme's evaluability, (b) what criteria evaluators prioritise when assessing a programme's evaluability, and (c) the degree to which …
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Exploring evaluation using social practice theory in development education : a longitudinal in-depth case study
This thesis explores how evaluation has been practised in a non-profit domain that of an English development education (DE) organisation. The study adds to explanations of how social practice theory contributes to the refinement of the understanding of evaluation practice. Generally, studies on …
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Re-examining the implications of systems thinking for evaluation
… on the implications of this trend for the evaluation field. This thesis examines this borrowing to identify over-arching implications for evaluation theory and practice. The first paper reviews inter-disciplinary literature on systems thinking and complexity science with regards to …
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Evaluating Teacher Performance In Higher Education:the Value Of Student Ratings
… college students' perceptions of the student evaluation practice; (b) assess community college faculty members' responses to student evaluations of teachers and the extent to which instructional modifications resulted from student ratings; and (c) assess community college administrators' …
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The Role of Evaluation Policy in Organizational Capacity to Do and Use Evaluation
Despite the recent calls made by scholars in the evaluation field regarding the importance of evaluation policy and its influence on evaluation practice, there remains a lack of empirical evidence pertaining to the relationship between evaluation policy and evaluation capacity building (ECB). This …
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Teacher Evaluation in Chinese Elementary Schools: An Historical Account
… historical account of the development of teacher evaluation in Chinese elementary schools. Descriptive by nature, it reviews the historical origins that have shaped the teaching profession and evaluation practice. It also describes the effort made by the government and educators in the reform to …
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The Use of Graphic Conceptual Models in Theory-Driven Evaluation
<p>Theory-driven evaluation has been adopted by numerous philanthropic organizations and government agencies across the world. Many evaluators also have embraced elements of theorydriven evaluation, regardless of their approach to evaluation. In theory-driven evaluation, the beliefs or assumptions …
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The Effects of Parental Attitudes and Classroom Climate on Children's Self-Concept of Mathematics Ability
… task organization, social organization, evaluation practice, grouping practice, extra-curricular organization, achievement bias, and size-of-group focus. Parental attitude variables included parents' perceptions of children's mathematics ability, math difficulty for their child and effort …
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Theory Building Through Praxis Discourse: A Theory- And Practice-Informed Model of Transformative Participatory Evaluation
<p>Stakeholder participation in evaluation, where the evaluator engages stakeholders in the process, is prevalent in evaluation practice and is an important focus of evaluation research. Cousins and Whitmore proposed a bifurcation of participatory evaluation into the two streams of transformative …
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Substantial Difference in the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications? A Research Study on the Practices of Credential Evaluators in Irish Higher Education Institutions
This study investigates the practices of those individuals acting as foreign credential evaluators with a focus on postgraduate access at Irish higher education institutions (HEIs). Using a research design that involves a refined form of Grounded Theory (Glaser and Strauss 1967; Charmaz 2000, 2006; …
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Interpersonal Skills: Exploring the Future of Evaluator Training
<p>With the recent publication of the American Evaluation Association Evaluator Competencies, increasing attention has been paid to understanding the skills evaluators need to be successful in practice. Although much progress has been made in the professional practice, methodology, planning and …
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Using Empowerment Evaluation to Evaluate a Consumer -Operated Drop -in Center: A Narrative of a Case Study
Empowerment evaluation involves a program's stakeholders in designing and implementing an evaluation of their own program, thus contributing to the program's improvement and self-determination (Fetterman, 1994, 1996). Consumer-operated drop-in centers are run for and by mental health consumers, in …
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The Perceptions and Practices of Members of Ontario College Boards Regarding Board Self Evaluation
The main purpose of this study was to examine the practices and perspectives of Ontario college board members with respect to board self evaluation. A mixed methodology approach, combining quantitative and qualitative methods was employed. Document collection, a survey and interviews were the …
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