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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"summative evaluation"”.
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Summative Evaluation of Educational Television Material
The following dissertation " Summative Evaluation of Educational Television Material " consists of the following sections: Section I: Chapter 1: Introduction to the problem/task. A brief introduction to the problems of evaluation and research into educational television, with particular reference …
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A Summative Evaluation of Southwest Texas State University's African-American Freshman Leadership Conference
The purpose of this investigation was to study the effects of participation in SWT's African-American Freshman Leadership Conference on the following variables: GPAs, retention rates, level of satisfaction, and the extent of involvement of African-American students who either attended or …
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A Summative Evaluation of FlightSafety International's Computer Assisted Instruction known as "Principles of Troubleshooting"
<p>The objective of this experimental research was to ascertain if cognitive skills developed by the "Principles of Troubleshooting" (POT) educational course improved aircraft fault diagnostic ability in aircraft maintenance trainees. Sixty randomly chosen Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University …
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Summative Evaluation of an Alternative Teacher Licensure Program Sponsored by a Large Suburban School Division
The number of alternative licensure programs has increased significantly over the past decade. Faced with critical shortages of public school teachers in several subject areas, the Commonwealth of Virginia first approved an alternative route to licensure in 1998. In accordance with the No Child …
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The Effect of Nursing Faculty Presence on Students' Level of Anxiety, Self-Confidence, and Clinical Performance During a Clinical Simulation Experience
… conducted on nursing faculty presence during a summative evaluation. The faculty's decision of where to position themselves during a summative evaluation should not be based on convenience, preference, or tradition but on evidence from research. The purpose of this study, partially guided by the …
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Design and evaluation of a web-based training tool for the User Action Framework Explorer
… tools and processes that assist in usability evaluation. This has led to the development of the User Action Framework (UAF) (Andre et al., 1999), a framework that forms the basis of several usability inspection tools like the Explorer, UPI (Usability Problem Inspector), UPC (Usability Problem …
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Teacher Selection: Use of Demonstration Lessons
… by determining if differences existed between evaluation ratings, as measured by the Summative Evaluation Report (SER), for teachers who were selected with the TDL and those who were selected without the TDL. Procedure: The evaluation ratings of 101 teachers hired in a Midwest district were …
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The Influence of Personality on Leaders’ Information Preferences
… information that applies to formative and summative evaluation contexts. The results suggest that a relationship does exist between MBTI type and information preferences. Recommendations may help evaluators to report findings that are relevant to decision makers and contribute to the …
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Development of an Online Course Using a Modified Version of Keller's Personalized System of Instruction
… for fidelity to Keller's ideas. Formative and summative evaluation showed that this system of instruction is viable for the online environment. Recommendations and implications for future use are discussed.
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A Team-based Approach to the Design and Development of a Customer Service Training Program for Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators
… the product. It also contains a formative evaluation of the product and provides a summative evaluation plan to be utilized by DMBA trainers once the product is fully implemented. The strengths and weaknesses of the training program are critiqued and recommendations for improvement are …
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Project Management Capstone
<p>This project focuses on mobile app evaluation at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF). Specifically, my project presents the tools and plans for and the initial work on the summative evaluation of the Museum's sculpture garden app, Explore the Art: Perspectives. Although this project …
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Using Graphics, Animations, and Data-Driven Animations to Teach the Principles of Simple Linear Regression to Graduate Students
… report describes the design, development, and evaluation of the Simple Linear Regression Lesson (SLRL), a web-based lesson that uses visual strategies to teach graduate students the principles of simple linear regression. The report includes a literature review on the use of graphics, …
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Healthy Seniors: A Program Evaluation
… purpose of this research study was to perform a summative evaluation of the Healthy Seniors program at Dominican University of California, a wellness program for older adults facilitated by occupational therapy students and faculty.</p> <p>METHOD: A non-experimental mixed-methods descriptive …
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A mixed methods study of teacher evaluation reforms and micropolitics in Illinois
… studies have shown that most teachers receive summative evaluation ratings of “satisfactory” or “excellent,” but more are underperforming than evaluation data indicate (Kraft & Gilmour, 2017). Illinois enacted education reforms known as Senate Bill 7 (SB7) and the Performance Evaluation Reform …
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Reliability of simulation to evaluate clinical competence in the basic nursing course
… respondents views on the use of simulation in evaluation. * deteniiining the relations between respondents views on the objectivity in handling simulation during practical examination. In 1994 the nurse educators of Ngwelezane, Benedictine and Nqutu colleges were interviewed to determine the …
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Prevention of Domestic Solid Waste that Cause Environmental Pollution at Bagara ward, In Babati Town District
… on the daily sanitation planning. Monitoring and evaluation involves the Participatory Monitoring accompanied with monitoring methodologies, monitoring tools such as interview, direct observation and questionnaire. Evaluation involved the Participatory Evaluation, Formative evaluation and …
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The design, production and evaluation of a computer-based multimedia learning program
… thesis is to describe the design, production and evaluation of a computer-based multimedia learning program for 5-9 year olds. The first segment details project design, and production. The second segment examines a number of evaluation models available to the designers, and describes how formative …
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User-centered evaluations of multi-modal building interfaces
… This dissertation, titled "User-centered Evaluation of Multi-modal Building Interfaces," delves into the realm of HBI by focusing on the user's experience and perception of multimodal building control interfaces, particularly the various visual modalities of Connected Thermostats (CTs). …
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The design and evaluation of Link: a CAL system designed to address psychology students' misconceptions about correlation
This thesis describes the design, development and evaluation of <i>Link</i>, a computerassisted learning program for correlation, which is targeted at psychology students in higher education. Computer technology is being increasingly used on statistics courses, suggesting that computer-assisted …
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