Interactive Evaluation Practice

Author : Jean A. King,Laurie Stevahn
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452241838

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Interactive Evaluation Practice by Jean A. King,Laurie Stevahn Pdf

You've taken your introduction to evaluation course and are about to do your first evaluation project. Where do you begin? Interactive Evaluation Practice: Managing the Interpersonal Dynamics of Program Evaluation helps bridge the gap between the theory of evaluation and its practice, giving students the specific skills they need to use in different evaluation settings. Jean A. King and Laurie Stevahn present readers with three organizing frameworks (derived from social interdependence theory from social psychology, evaluation use research, and the evaluation capacity building literature) for thinking about evaluation practice. These frameworks help readers track the various skills or strategies to use for distinctive evaluation situations. In addition, the authors provide explicit advice about how to solve specific evaluation problems. Numerous examples throughout the text bring interactive practice to life in a variety of settings.

Author : Jean A. King,Laurie Stevahn
Publisher : Sage Publications
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761926720

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Interactive Evaluation Practice by Jean A. King,Laurie Stevahn Pdf

Author : Jean A. King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Evaluation research (Social action programs)
ISBN : 1452269971

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Interactive Evaluation Practice by Jean A. King Pdf

Taking an applied approach, this book provides readers with specific interactive skills needed in different evaluation settings and contexts. The authors illustrate multiple options for developing skills and choosing strategies, systematically highlighting the evaluator's three roles as decision maker, actor, and reflective practitioner. Case studies and interactive examples stimulate thinking about how to apply interactive skills across a variety of evaluation situations.

Author : Jean A. King,Laurie Stevahn
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483313733

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Interactive Evaluation Practice by Jean A. King,Laurie Stevahn Pdf

You've taken your introduction to evaluation course and are about to do your first evaluation project. Where do you begin? Interactive Evaluation Practice: Managing the Interpersonal Dynamics of Program Evaluation helps bridge the gap between the theory of evaluation and its practice, giving students the specific skills they need to use in different evaluation settings. Jean A. King and Laurie Stevahn present readers with three organizing frameworks (derived from social interdependence theory from social psychology, evaluation use research, and the evaluation capacity building literature) for thinking about evaluation practice. These frameworks help readers track the various skills or strategies to use for distinctive evaluation situations. In addition, the authors provide explicit advice about how to solve specific evaluation problems. Numerous examples throughout the text bring interactive practice to life in a variety of settings.

Author : Rita Sinorita Fierro,Alissa Schwartz,Dawn Hanson Smart
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781119258698

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Evaluation and Facilitation by Rita Sinorita Fierro,Alissa Schwartz,Dawn Hanson Smart Pdf

Join the conversation between evaluation and facilitation. This issue explores the interplay between the two and how one practice can inform the other. The authors represent both the evaluation and facilitation fields, describing underlying concepts that inform their practices, the competencies they seek to develop, the choices they make about facilitation in the work they do, and how they gauge success. This issue brings together topics meant to stimulate the curiosity of evaluators and facilitators and encourage reflection on their work and the skills needed to carry it out. This is the 149th issue in the New Directions for Evaluation series from Jossey-Bass. It is an official publication of the American Evaluation Association.

Author : John M Owen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781000246933

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Program Evaluation by John M Owen Pdf

Program Evaluation 3rd edition has the hallmarks of thoroughness, insight and fluency of other editions but brings us up to date with a map of the evaluation territory new travelers will find invaluable.' Professor Murray Saunders, UK and European Evaluation Societies John Owen's Program Evaluation helps practitioners clarify distinctions between what we evaluate, the various motivations for conducting evaluation, and the approaches attendant to each. Timely evaluation examples liberally sprinkled throughout this book make it exceptionally useful and helpful to practitioners. I highly recommend Program Evaluation.' Professor Marvin Alkin, UCLA Graduate School of Education + Information Studies Everyone involved with policy and program development and delivery is being asked to plan more carefully, reflect more critically and justify their decisions. The key to this is evaluation. Program Evaluation offers a conceptual yet straightforward and practical overview of the evaluation process for both beginners and experienced practitioners. It shows evaluators how to identify appropriate forms, approaches and methods, using an original framework. John Owen examines the contributions of evaluation to program provision, and offers proven techniques for involving stakeholders in the planning process and for disseminating the evaluation findings. This third edition has been thoroughly revised to incorporate recent research on evaluation and new examples of good practice. It includes sections of management of evaluation, negotiating evaluation plans, program logic and ex ante evaluation, evidence based practice, performance management and accountability. With international examples from a range of health, education, welfare, community and other settings, Program Evaluation is an essential reference for anyone involved in evaluation in both the public and private sectors.

Author : Linda Candy,Sam Ferguson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319045108

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Interactive Experience in the Digital Age by Linda Candy,Sam Ferguson Pdf

The use of interactive technology in the arts has changed the audience from viewer to participant and in doing so is transforming the nature of experience. From visual and sound art to performance and gaming, the boundaries of what is possible for creation, curating, production and distribution are continually extending. As a consequence, we need to reconsider the way in which these practices are evaluated. Interactive Experience in the Digital Age explores diverse ways of creating and evaluating interactive digital art through the eyes of the practitioners who are embedding evaluation in their creative process as a way of revealing and enhancing their practice. It draws on research methods from other disciplines such as interaction design, human-computer interaction and practice-based research more generally and adapts them to develop new strategies and techniques for how we reflect upon and assess value in the creation and experience of interactive art. With contributions from artists, scientists, curators, entrepreneurs and designers engaged in the creative arts, this book is an invaluable resource for both researchers and practitioners, working in this emerging field.

Author : Panos Markopoulos,Janet C Read,Stuart MacFarlane,Johanna Hoysniemi
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0080558259

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Evaluating Children's Interactive Products by Panos Markopoulos,Janet C Read,Stuart MacFarlane,Johanna Hoysniemi Pdf

Evaluating Children's Interactive Products directly addresses the need to ensure that interactive products designed for children — whether toys, games, educational products, or websites — are safe, effective, and entertaining. It presents an essential background in child development and child psychology, particularly as they relate to technology; captures best practices for observing and surveying children, training evaluators, and capturing the child user experience using audio and visual technology; and examines ethical and legal issues involved in working with children and offers guidelines for effective risk management. Based on the authors' workshops, conference courses, and own design experience and research, this highly practical book reads like a handbook, while being thoroughly grounded in the latest research. Throughout, the authors illustrate techniques and principles with numerous mini case studies and highlight practical information in tips and exercises and conclude with three in-depth case studies. This book is recommended for usability experts, product developers, and researchers in the field. * Presents an essential background in child development and child psychology, particularly as they relate to technology. * Captures best practices for observing and surveying children, training evaluators, and capturing the child user experience using audio and visual technology. * Examines ethical and legal issues involved in working with children and offers guidelines for effective risk management.

Author : Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781506347622

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Facilitating Evaluation by Michael Quinn Patton Pdf

Michael Quinn Patton’s Facilitating Evaluation: Principles in Practice is the first book of its kind to explain in depth and detail how to facilitate evaluation processes with stakeholders. Using the author’s own stories of his experiences as an evaluation facilitator, the book illustrates the five evaluation facilitation principles that are the organizing framework for addressing how to work with stakeholders to generate evaluation questions, make decisions among methods, interpret findings, and participate in all aspects of evaluation. Ultimately, this book will help readers perform facilitation to enhance the relevance, credibility, meaningfulness, and utility of evaluations. "A must-read for anyone considering a high-impact evaluation!" –Margaret Lombe, Boston College

Author : Michael Quinn Patton
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1362 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781483376059

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Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods by Michael Quinn Patton Pdf

Drawing on more than 40 years of experience conducting applied social science research and program evaluation, author Michael Quinn Patton has crafted the most comprehensive and systematic book on qualitative research and evaluation methods, inquiry frameworks, and analysis options available today. Now offering more balance between applied research and evaluation, this Fourth Edition illuminates all aspects of qualitative inquiry through new examples, stories, and cartoons; more than a hundred new summarizing and synthesizing exhibits; and a wide range of new highlight sections/sidebars that elaborate on important and emergent issues. For the first time, full case studies are included to illustrate extended research and evaluation examples. In addition, each chapter features an extended "rumination," written in a voice and style more emphatic and engaging than traditional textbook style, about a core issue of persistent debate and controversy.

Author : Christina A. Christie
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39076002299530

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The Practice-Theory Relationship in Evaluation by Christina A. Christie Pdf

Exploring research's impact on evaluation practice The Practice-Theory Relationship in Evaluation: New Directions for Evaluation presents the finding of a unique empirical study of evaluation, comparing the reported practices of evaluation theorists with real-world practices in the field. A selection of leading authorities offer both analyses and perspectives on the study's impact on the field, prompting deep consideration of the role of empirical study of evaluation and the relationship between concept and practice. Empirical study of evaluation is key to improving practices and developing alternate approaches, and this book stimulates the level of debate necessary for determining future directions.

Author : John M Owen,Patricia J. Rogers
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 076196178X

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Program Evaluation by John M Owen,Patricia J. Rogers Pdf

Using an original framework, this practical introduction to evaluation shows how to identify appropriate forms and approaches, involve stakeholders in the planning process and disseminate the evaluation findings.

Author : Liliana Rodríguez-Campos
Publisher : IAP
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781623969905

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Collaborative Evaluations in Practice by Liliana Rodríguez-Campos Pdf

One of the reasons some groups are more effective than others is collaboration; people implement evaluative decisions more willingly if they have collaborated on those decisions. This book introduces real-world applications of the Model for Collaborative Evaluations (MCE) in business, nonprofit, and education to make collaborative evaluations more accessible to you. The MCE is a systematic framework that revolves around a set of six interactive components specific to conducting a collaborative evaluation. It represents a practical attempt to capture the essence of collaborative evaluation from various perspectives in order to offer a valuable understanding of different stances that often arise when using this type of approach. A multidisciplinary team of authors enriches the diverse perspectives of this book with their international and cross-cultural expertise. The intention is to share a deeper understanding of how this approach is applied to build collaborative relationships within an evaluation, recognizing the level of collaboration will vary in each situation.

Author : Niels O. Bernsen,Hans Dybkjaer,Laila Dybkjaer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998-04-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015047345916

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Designing Interactive Speech Systems by Niels O. Bernsen,Hans Dybkjaer,Laila Dybkjaer Pdf

A description of the design and implementation of spoken language dialogue within the context of spoken language dialogue systems development. Using an applications-oriented SLDS developed through the Danish Dialogue project, the authors describe the complete process involved; and in so doing present several innovative practical tools, such as dialogue design guidelines, in-depth evaluation methodologies, and speech functionality analysis. Their approach is firmly applications-oriented, describing the results applicable to industry and showing how the development of advanced applications drives research rather than vice versa. For everyone working on the R&D of spoken language services, especially in the area of telecommunications.

Author : Hans Emil Klein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X006092038

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The Art of Interactive Teaching by Hans Emil Klein Pdf

Interdisciplinary, International, Intercultural CONTRIBUTIONS from around the world EXPLORE & DISCUSS THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN DESIGN, PRODUCTION, IMPLEMENTATION, RESEARCH, EVALUATION, & PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATIONS USING CASES, SIMULATIONS, GAMES, VIDEOS & OTHER INTERACTIVE TEACHING METHODS. Topics included: A Dialogue of the Deaf - Deepening Cultural Competence Through International, Live, Case-based Teaching - Compressing the Cultural Adaptation Learning Curve - Strategic Management: Evaluating the Case Method - Teaching Interrelationships Among Disciplines - Development of Reflective Thought Processes - Problem Solving & the Core Curriculum - Criteria for Case Selection - Learning Effects on Students - Interaction-based Self-Assessment - Teamwork Among Social Work Students - Service Learning in Higher Ed - Managing Across Cultural Boundaries - International Management of Change - Contingency & Case-design - Managing & Coaching Critical Thinking - Effective Case-writing - Case Research in a Global Environment - Case Development & Case-teaching in the Context of Scarce Resources. Other volumes: CASE METHOD RESEARCH & APPLICATION: INNOVATION THROUGH COOPERATION (ISBN 1-877868-05-1), FORGING NEW PARTNERSHIPS (ISBN 1-877868-04-3), MANAGING CHANGE (ISBN 1-877868-03-5), PROBLEM SOLVING (ISBN 1-877868-02-7), NEW VISTAS (ISBN 1-877868-01-9). Contact: World Association for Case Method Research & Application, 23 Mackintosh Ave., Needham, MA 02191; 617-444-8982; FAX 617-444-1548; [email protected].