A World Larger than Formative and Summative.

Patton, Michael Quinn

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ERIC Number: EJ540307

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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A World Larger than Formative and Summative.

Patton, Michael Quinn

Evaluation Practice, v17 n2 p131-44 Spr-Sum 1996

Areas of evaluation are identified in which the formative/summative distinction appears inadequate: (1) knowledge-generating evaluations aimed at conceptual use; (2) developmental evaluation; and (3) use of evaluation to support intervention or empower participants. An argument is also made for the effectiveness of feedback that cannot be interpreted as attack. (SLD)

Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Feedback, Formative Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Responses, Summative Evaluation

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Version of a paper presented at the International Evaluation Conference (Vancouver, Canada, 1995). For related documents, see TM 519 929-934.