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Showing 1 to 20 of 242 for “"evaluators"”.
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Third-grade evaluators thrive as readers
… the question, "When third grade students become evaluators of themselves as readers, what new roles do they negotiate for themselves?" I studied third grade students who became evaluators of themselves as readers, examining evaluation process. This included their own determination of their …
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Controlling Partial Evaluators Using Functional Parameters
For larger languages, this technique generalizes to the composition of many small functions, each of which handles a certain aspect or implements a specific heuristic of partial evaluation. A new behavior can be implemented by means of a strategy, and added to the partial evaluator by composing it …
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A Sentence Generator for Natural Language Evaluators
… a need for standard natural language system evaluators. Automated natural language evaluators appear to be the only logical solution to the overwhelming number of NLP systems that have been produced, are being produced, and will be produced. The system described within is based on the …
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Development and Validation of the Cultural Competence of Program Evaluators (CCPE) Scale
<p>As part of its <em>Guiding Principles for Evaluators,</em> the American Evaluation Association (AEA) requires that evaluators develop cultural competencies, yet no measure of cultural competence currently exists in the field. Using items from cultural competence measures used in fields such as …
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An initial study to develop instruments and validate the Essential Competencies for Program Evaluators (ECPE)
… does not have certification or licensure for evaluators and cannot exclude unqualified persons from the profession. Evaluator competencies are one of the underpinning foundations of professional designation. Evaluator competencies demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required in …
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A mixed methods study of teachers’ perceptions of evaluator feedback from non-content specialist evaluators
… with both content and non-content specialist evaluators. Eight teachers also participated in one-on-one interviews to provide additional insight. The survey responses and one-on-one interviews suggest that teachers value observation and feedback from a content specialist more than from an …
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Conditions of interpersonal trust reported by two year college student affairs professionals of their performance evaluators
… conditions leading to trust of their performance evaluators? 2. How are certain organizational power/status variables, such as professional status differences or demographic characteristics (e.g., gender or ethnicity), related to those trust conditions. 3. Do conditions leading to interpersonal …
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Leveraging Subtle Verbalization and Speech Patterns to Help Evaluators Identify Usability Problem Encounters in Concurrent Think-aloud Sessions
Think-aloud protocols are a highly valued usability testing method for identifying usability problems. Despite the value of conducting think-aloud usability test sessions, analyzing think-aloud sessions is often arduous. Consequently, previous research has urged the community to develop methods to …
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An Analysis of Iowa School Psychologists' Perceptions of Their Evaluators as a Basis for Developing a Performance Evaluation Model
… about current as well as desired performance evaluators as a basis for developing a performance evaluation model. Procedure: A random sample of Iowa school psychologists responded to a questionnaire designed by the researcher. Sixteen performance criteria were selected based on job …
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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
… 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; Glaser 2001), the researcher explores …
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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
… 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 practice context (developing, developed, or both) and …
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Developmentally Appropriate Evaluations: How Evaluation Practices Differ Across Age of Participants
… and adults. However, to what extent do evaluators adapt their approach, designs, and methods to be responsive to a youth population? This study used an experimental simulation in which practicing evaluators designed an evaluation of a hypothetical tutoring program and were randomly …
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Understanding and defining situational awareness and interpersonal competence as essential evaluator competencies
… from the perspective of experienced program evaluators. A qualitative research design (Merriam, 2009) utilizing semi-structured interviews was best suited for this study. Based on the responses of 13 interviewed evaluators, five main findings emerged. First, evaluators pointed to three …
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Re-examining the implications of systems thinking for evaluation
Over the last twenty years, many prominent evaluators have been borrowing and using ideas, theories, and methods from the systems and complexity fields with little research on the implications of this trend for the evaluation field. This thesis examines this borrowing to identify over-arching …
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A Performance Survey of Text-Based Sentiment Analysis Methods for Automating Usability Evaluations
… resources and can lack consistency between human evaluators. This makes automation an appealing expansion or alternative to conventional usability techniques.</p> <p>Early usability automation focused on evaluating human behavior through quantitative metrics but the explosion of opinion mining and …
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Usability Problem Description and the Evaluator Effect in Usability Testing
… problem detection in heuristic evaluation, with evaluators differing in problems found and problem severity judgments. There have been few studies of the evaluator effect in usability testing (UT), task-based testing with end-users. UEM comparison studies focus on counting usability problems …
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A framework for assessing and improving quality of data from visual evaluation of asset conditions
… visual — or manual — assessments performed by evaluators on the site due to a lack of reliable, inexpensive automated methods to collect the data. While manual assessments for surface distresses are widely used, they still have the stigma that the results are based on subjective judgments by …
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Effects of Congruence of Rater and Ratee Goals on Performance Appraisal
… on the evaluation of team leaders. Ten evaluators rated the behaviors of 30 team leaders on a group manufacturing task. Evaluators and team leaders were assigned one of two goals that focused their activities (leading or rating) on either performance or motivation oriented goals. Raters …
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Interpersonal Skills: Exploring the Future of Evaluator Training
… 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 management, and context domains, relatively little attention has been given to the interpersonal competency …
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Examining the Credibility of Story-Based Causal Methodologies
<p>The purpose of this study was to explore how evaluators justify using story-based methodologies when examining causality. The two primary research questions of the study included: 1) what arguments are made by evaluators to justify the credibility of story-based causal methodologies to …
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