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Showing 1 to 20 of 44 for “"Program evaluations"”.
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Roads, Rights, and Rewards: Three Program Evaluations in Environmental and Resource Economics
<p>This dissertation presents three program evaluations in environmental and resource economics. In the first chapter, I ask whether rural roads can contribute to a reversal of tree cover loss. Prior literature shows roads to be strong drivers of deforestation; however, I hypothesize that in some …
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The Quest for Quality: Evaluation and Early Childhood Programs
… reflect upon and expand their views and values, program evaluations serve mainly bureaucratic and superficial purposes.
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Improving Treatment Outcomes For American Indians With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Through The Use Of Telepsychaitry
… to care. An entirely home based telepsychiatry program was developed and adapted for PTSD patients within a tribal community and implemented over 12 weeks. 40 patients were engaged at the initiation of the program and a total of 37 remained through the entirety of the program. Patient …
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Non-formal Educator Use of Evaluation Findings: Factors of Influence
… demands for accountability in educational programming have resulted in more frequent calls for program evaluation activity in educational organizations. Many organizations include conducting program evaluations as part of the job responsibilities of program staff. Cooperative Extension is a …
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A Case Study of the Wamakashka Oeti (Bison Camp): Evaluating the Impact of Indigenous Learning on Cultural Integrity and Family Wllness for Nakonabe at Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Reservation
… College. There is a need to support indigenous programs that utilize outdoor education from an indigenous perspective for indigenous people. This thesis documents the outcomes of the Bison Camp. Through qualitative and quantitative research, analysis of pre-post surveys of learning outcomes, …
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Policy, politics, and community: A case study
… of education minutes, policy revisions, and program evaluations and studies provided documentation. The writer presents conclusions of the impact of the policy on race, gender, and student performance. Six recommendations are made concerning creating policy or programs to improve academic …
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Miblsi program evaluuation of participatory elementary schools from 2003-20009
<p>This dissertation details the use of the Program Evaluations Metaevaluation Checklist (PEMC), Stufflebeam, 1999, which is for performing final, summative metaevaluations. It is organized according to the Joint Committee Program Evaluation Standards. For each of the 30 standards the checklist …
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Private remedial services in public schools: Evidence from ISHA’s GSAP Program in Tamil Nadu
… schools (India), Isha Government School Adoption Program, employing a Conditional Difference-in-Differences strategy with Propensity Score Stratification and controlling for program selection bias, I ask, “Do secondary students receiving academic remediation, after controlling for endogenous …
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Enhancing teacher education through the use of technology
… policymakers have directed much attention to programs aimed at retaining new teachers. States, school districts, and schools can ill afford to lose good teachers at a time when pressure to improve student achievement is increasing. Some states are using induction programs to help new teachers …
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Analysis of school choice programs and corresponding evaluations for policy development : New York, Cleveland, Florida, and Milwaukee
… funding sectarian institutions. School voucher programs have been implemented in New York, Florida, Cleveland and Milwaukee yet there is no consensus in terms of the effect of vouchers on achievement scores. This thesis looks at four school choice programs, evaluates and compares the design/ …
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New Leader Mentoring: Guiding Nursing Leaders Of The Future
… outcomes. Development of a formal mentorship program between new nurse leaders and experienced nurse leaders is essential to reducing the intent to leave of leaders. The Aims of this project are to develop a mentorship program for new nurse leaders using an adaptation of the American …
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Social Engineering Effects on Instructors and Students in an Elearning Environment
… Making the Virtual Classroom a Reality (MVCR) program for nine years. This course was specifically designed as an interactive student-led discussion-centered elearning experience as is typical for the distance education field in the United States. However, analysis of the history of distance …
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Developing A Standardized Workplace Violence Prevention Program For Healthcare Leaders To Enhance Safety
… a Standardized Workplace Violence Prevention Program for Healthcare Leaders to Enhance Safety </p> <p>The increasing threat of Type 2 workplace violence (client on staff) in healthcare disproportionately impacts employees such as Nurses. Desensitization to this growing trend in healthcare has …
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Implementation Strategies to Improve Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge of and Adherence to Evidence-Based Guidelines
… to these guidelines were noted. Lastly, program evaluations were conducted using a mixed-methods study to understand neurocritical care nurses' perceptions of the usefulness of the strategies employed during the two studies. Findings from this research provided support for the most …
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Two Essays on Evaluation Challenges in Integrated Pest Management: An Evaluation Design for the Onion ipmPIPE and Identifying Women's Crops and Agricultural Technologies
… Pest Management project, practice, and program evaluations. In the first paper, an evaluation design is constructed for the Onion ipmPIPE website, an onion pest information website. The Bayesian decision theoretic approach may not accurately model onion growers' pest management decisions …
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An Empirical Examination And Metaevaluation Of The Impact Evaluation Process
… Process (IEP), which is a prescriptive program evaluation model. Since there is no generally accepted process for arriving at final judgments about the usefulness, appropriateness, effectiveness, reliability, and validity of evaluation models, this study used a combination of approaches …
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Evaluating The Use Of Reflective Practice Principles To Support Nurse Manager Well-Being During A Period Of Chronic Distress
… than other leaders. This project developed a program that used reflective practice principles to support nurse manager well-being during periods of chronic distress.</p> <p>The curriculum was guided by the Dimensions of Leadership as framework for nurse managers to engage in reflective …
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The effectiveness of the mobile crisis outreach model
… the past 30 to 40 years, there is a paucity of program evaluations or sound empirical investigations supporting their effectiveness (Murphy, Irving, Adams, & Driver, 2012). The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the mobile crisis outreach team model in reducing placement …
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The Use of the Strategic Abandonment Technique in Educational Strategic Planning
… strategic planning processes, including program evaluations, like other organizations; however, school district strategic planning differs from business planning in that the desired outcomes depend on the growth of children. The purpose of this study is to develop a strategic abandonment …
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