Program Evaluation($60.83Value)

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May be used by education professionals and decision-makers who are responsible for implementing new programs and innovations in education. Presents a practical, real-world framework for education program evaluation that addresses current methods, important decisions, planning tasks, and ethical issues that face the evaluator. Presents the major steps of planning and conducting an evaluation sequentially through the book. Contains an entire chapter containing the latest information on qualitative inquiry and its applications to evaluation. Includes comprehensive individual chapters on performance and portfolio assessment. The text presents a practical, real-world framework for education program evaluation that addresses current methods, important decisions, planning tasks, and ethical issues that face the evaluator. May be used by education professionals and decision-makers who are responsible for implementing new programs and innovations in education. Presents a practical, real-world framework for education program evaluation that addresses current methods, important decisions, planning tasks, and ethical issues that face the evaluator. Presents the major steps of planning and conducting an evaluation sequentially through the book. Contains an entire chapter containing the latest information on qualitative inquiry and its applications to evaluation. Includes comprehensive individual chapters on performance and portfolio assessment. Margaret E. Gredler, PhD, is Professor of Educational Psychology and Research at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Gredler's articles and presented papers address applications of learning theory and self-directed learning." Learning and Instruction: Theory into Practice," her book on learning theories and related instructional strategies, is in its fifth edition. Carolyn Claytor Shields, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Richard W. Riley College of Education at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Dr. Shields teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in educational psychology, human growth and development, and research. Her research interests include learning theories and their educational applications and methods for developing conceptual thinking.