Planning and Designing Useful Evaluations

Newcomer, Kathryn E.; Hatry, Harry P.; Wholey, Joseph S.

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“…Another result of the study is about curriculum selected to evaluate. Five main question should be ansvered in the process of selectin curriculum to evaluate [21] Where is the program in its development? When the theses were analyzed in terms of evaluated curricula, it is seen that primary school curricula restructered in 2005 were evaluated mostly between these dates.…”

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Methodological Investigation of the Curriculum Evaluation Theses Completed between the Years 2006-2015 in Turkey

Aslan¹,

Sağlam²

2017

ujer

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The aim of this research is to examine postgraduate theses on curriculum evaluation completed between the years 2006-2015 in Turkey in terms of various aspects such as university, year, curriculum which is evaluated, curriculum evaluation model, research method, design, sample type, data collection methods, data analysis technique. In order to determine the theses, a comprehensive review was made through the thesis database of Council of Higher Education (COHE). 306 postgraduate theses were used as data sources. Methodological structure determination form was used as data collection tool in this study. Content analysis, one of qualitative data analysis techniques, was used in the analysis of theses. Frequency and percentage values about the obtained themes were presented. In the study, it was seen that theses on curriculum evaluation were largely studied between 2009-2012, most of them were master thesis, mostly primary school curricula were evaluated, curriculum evaluation models weren't used in the majority of the theses, mostly quantitative research methods and descriptive model was used, mostly survey and interview were used as data collection technique, data was collected from teachers and students in the majority of studies, one variable analyses and correlational analyses were mostly used as data analysis technique. In the light of results achieved, the more use of qualitative and mixed research methods, qualitative and experimental designs, all stakeholders as data sources, advanced statistical methods and the more evaluation of secondary and higher education curricula are recommended.

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“…Stakeholders of curricula also want to know whether their curriculum is performing properly or not [21]. In Turkey, curriculum evaluation studies are generally carried out in two different ways.…”

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Methodological Investigation of the Curriculum Evaluation Theses Completed between the Years 2006-2015 in Turkey

Aslan¹,

Sağlam²

2017

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“…Despite "the various benefits of play [being] beyond doubt" (Hännikainen, et al 2013 p. 165), the current UK Government continues to fail to commit to a "clear policy on children's play" (Play England, 2011a), and play provision in England continues to be hit hard as a result of the austerity measures (Jozwiak, 2014;McKendrick et al in the introduction to this collection; Play England, 2011b). The failure to capitalise upon the opportunity to provide a strong evidencebased case for national play investment is all the more important if, as Newcomer et al (2010) contend, decisions can be influenced when credible evaluation findings are communicated to funders, and policy and programme managers.…”

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“…The funding guidance stated "… you [the local authority] are in charge of the [self-evaluation] process and we would not normally ask to see any report" (BLF, 2006, p.16). It is widely accepted that making such unaccountable recommendations for evaluation is problematic (Newcomer et al, 2010;Quinn-Patton 2008;Radhakrishna and Relado, 2009;Taylor et al, 2005). Understanding how programme managers view evaluation influences the way in which evaluation is undertaken and the way in which the findings are used, which ultimately impacts on the utility of the evaluation process.…”

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The Big Lottery Fund'sChildren's Play Programme: a missed opportunity to gather the evidence?

Long

2015

International Journal of Play

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“…In the program evaluation, despite the different positions and approaches, there are key elements that describe it: the dynamic nature of the evaluation, the scientific process, the collection of valid and reliable information, the decision-making, the contextualized nature; being referred to a program; having an ideological and political function and enabling an assessment of what it has evaluated (Colás & Rebollo, 1993;Newcomer, Hatry & Wholey, 2010).…”

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Assessment of the Teaching Behavior of the Instructors of an Out-of-School Program

Naveiras

Rosal²

2015

JCT

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Out-of-school programs for students with high abilities are especially relevant when their needs are not covered in formal education. The evaluation of these programs is essential and it can be carried out from different evaluative approaches. The evaluation of the behavior of the people who implement the programs is an important aspect in the evaluation of process and it can resemble the one conducted by a teacher in formal education. This type of assessment requires an appropriate methodology such as the observational. In this study a protocol for observation of teaching functions has been designed for the evaluation of the behavior of the instructors of a socio-affective out-of-school program. The frequency of occurrence of behaviors as well as the resultant of conducts in intrapersonal, interpersonal and cooperative activities is analyzed in this study.

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Planning and Designing Useful Evaluations

Cited by 70 publications

References 4 publications

Methodological Investigation of the Curriculum Evaluation Theses Completed between the Years 2006-2015 in Turkey

Methodological Investigation of the Curriculum Evaluation Theses Completed between the Years 2006-2015 in Turkey

The Big Lottery Fund'sChildren's Play Programme: a missed opportunity to gather the evidence?

Assessment of the Teaching Behavior of the Instructors of an Out-of-School Program

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