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Susan T. Guynn; James H. Blake; Nathan Nemire; Joe Bible – Journal of Extension, 2024
The South Carolina Master Naturalist Program provides nature-based education to citizen volunteers who will promote environmental stewardship and is offered at six host sites across the state. We conducted a mixed-methods evaluation (the integration of qualitative and quantitative data) of the South Carolina Master Naturalist Program. Overall, the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Natural Sciences, Science Education
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Ghimire, Nav R. – Journal of Extension, 2023
This article explores the challenges of reporting outcomes of the Extension educational programs at land-grant universities and presents a model highlighting the focus and expectations of reporting in Cooperative Extension. This model provides a rationale for recognizing the relationship between program planning, evaluation, reporting, and…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Program Effectiveness, Land Grant Universities, Program Development
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Keller, Kimberly J. M.; Mott, Rebecca – Journal of Extension, 2020
Photovoice is a technique in which a facilitator guides a participant to produce a photograph and accompanying caption that reflects the participant's unique views regarding a topic. The photovoice process is designed to be used with a wide range of audiences. This article describes ways Extension educators can incorporate photovoice into the…
Descriptors: Photography, Visual Aids, Program Evaluation, Extension Education
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Patrick Hiesl; Janet Steele; Susan T. Guynn – Journal of Extension, 2024
Female forest landowners (FFLO) are increasing in numbers but have been marginalized in technical training programs in the past. We conducted chainsaw safety training programs geared towards FFLO and compared program evaluation results with results from male-dominated chainsaw training workshops. FFLO are limited in their technical knowledge at…
Descriptors: Females, Safety, Training, Equipment
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Lisa Ellis McCormick; Karen A. Vines; Subrato Kumar Kuri – Journal of Extension, 2024
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the Virginia Cooperative Extension internship program from the perspective of student participants and their supervisors. Three focus groups were conducted with internship supervisors from the summer of 2019. Student survey data was used to identify concerns from the student perspective to inform the…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Internship Programs, Student Attitudes, Supervisors
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Alisha M. Hardman; Donna J. Peterson; Mariah S. Morgan; H. Elizabeth Solace – Journal of Extension, 2024
Evaluation data is needed to demonstrate the impact of 4-H science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programming on children and youth. However, collecting evaluation data from cloverbuds (ages 5-7) is particularly challenging given their developmental age. We adapted an observational Cloverbud evaluation tool to measure basic life…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, STEM Education, Young Children, Test Construction
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Donaldson, Joseph L.; Franck, Karen – Journal of Extension, 2021
Logic models have garnered acclaim for their usefulness and disdain for the time required to create good ones. We argue that the orderly, analytical nature of logic models is opposed to many Extension programs, and we explain developmental evaluation, an approach that highlights ongoing development, adaptations, and rapid response. We use our…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Youth Programs, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Krista Merry; Pete Bettinger; Taeyoon Lee – Journal of Extension, 2024
Online learning has become an important advance in education in the last decade. We developed an online learning system related to land and tree measurements. University students were given pre- and postexposure surveys for two courses offered within the online system. Surveys were designed to assess whether the knowledge level and confidence of…
Descriptors: College Students, Forestry, Electronic Learning, Outcomes of Education
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Sarah Al-Mazroa Smith; Greg Miller – Journal of Extension, 2024
As beef industry trends have evolved, beef producers are looking for value-added beef practices and marketing strategies. To ensure that a new value-added beef Extension program framework at Iowa State University aligns with beef producers' needs, a needs assessment instrument was created. We developed a needs assessment tool focused on program…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Extension Education, State Universities, Needs Assessment
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Amanda J. Skalka; Sarah L. Francis; Ulrike Genschel; Ruth E. Litchfield – Journal of Extension, 2024
This paper presents an exploratory evaluation of pilot nutrition education programs, Plan Shop Save Cook (PSSC). Behavior change between two nutrition education programs, Buy Eat Live Healthy (BELH; n=92 and PSSC; n=42), was examined using pre- and post-program questionnaire responses. Both programs resulted in significant improvement in food…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Foods Instruction, Consumer Education, Cooking Instruction
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Radhakrishna, Rama; Chaudhary, Anil Kumar; Tobin, Daniel – Journal of Extension, 2019
We present a framework to help those working in Extension connect program designs with appropriate evaluation designs to improve evaluation. The framework links four distinct Extension program domains--service, facilitation, content transformation, and transformative education--with three types of evaluation design--preexperimental,…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Program Design, Evaluation Methods, Research Design
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Adeola C. Ogunade; Megan Kruger; Oluwafunke Abeleje – Journal of Extension, 2024
Studies have shown the importance of program evaluation in Extension and its value in communicating Extension program successes. This current study was conducted to assess Extension educators' motivation toward program evaluation using the self-determination theory. Respondents perceived that they were not competent enough to engage in program…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Extension Agents, Teacher Motivation, Program Evaluation
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Worker, Steven M. – Journal of Extension, 2019
Effective evaluation requires the selection of appropriate methods to balance rigor and feasibility. Evaluation methods involving surveys and interviews are familiar; lesser known are methods involving the use of participant-generated artifacts. In this article, I share my process for developing an evaluation framework to assess learning outcomes…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Youth Programs, Robotics, Extension Education
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Eng, Sothy; Sustarsic, Manca; Ooki, Nancy; Greenwood, Heather; Hanakawa, Christine – Journal of Extension, 2023
One of CYFAR's unique features is the built-in planning year for all grant recipients. We present our evaluation team's approach during year 1 to establish a foundation and plan for scholarly publications during funding years 2-5. The systematic literature review provided the team with a better understanding of the culture and context of the…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Youth Programs, At Risk Persons, Grants
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Donaldson, Joseph L. – Journal of Extension, 2019
In response to research demonstrating that Tennessee Extension agents desired a performance appraisal system that better reflected their jobs and provided for appraisers' professional development, a committee of University of Tennessee and Tennessee State University personnel undertook a 2-year initiative to revise the performance appraisal…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Extension Agents, Teacher Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment
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