Implementation of the Tennessee divorce and mediation pilot project in Hamilton County: evaluating program effectiveness

As more time and money are invested in training programs, the sponsors of these programs, whether those are corporations, or government agencies, want to know if the training is worth the investment. An evaluation of the training and its effects is needed to answer the questions about the usefulness, and utility of the training program. Training is typically assessed using some combination of the criteria presented in Kirkpatrick's hierarchical model (Noe & Schmitt, 1986). The four levels of evaluation in the hierarchy include reactions, learning, behavior and results. Kirkpatrick's hierarchical model has been used to devise an evaluation system for the parental education component of the Hamilton County Divorce and Mediation Pilot Project. Evaluation objectives have been established for each of the four levels of the hierarchy. The second purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among the levels of Kirkpatrick's hierarchy used in the evaluation of the training project. Because previous research has found mixed results concerning exact relationship among criteria, this research will help clarify the controversy (Alliger & Janek, 1989).

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Robertson, Mary Kathryn

Contributors dc:contributor

• Metzger, Richard
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Divorced people--Counseling of
• Divorce counseling--Tennessee--Evaluation
• Divorced parents
• Children of divorced parents--Psychology

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language

English, eng

Identifier

LB2369.2 .R623 2000

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-2114