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Beesley, Andrea D.; Shebby, Susan – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to inform evaluators of a method of evaluating capacity building in educational programs. One definition of capacity building is helping an organization increase its ability to fulfill its mission (Wing, 2004). Evaluators of capacity-building efforts therefore must focus on evidence that the program has helped to build…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Evaluation Methods, Organizational Development, Federal Legislation
Creasy, Kim – Online Submission, 2005
Professional Development Schools are innovations in which universities are joined with schools. Commonly teacher candidates are immersed in one setting. Early PDS research tended to focus on one aspect of a program. Those aspects of PDS studies were typically student achievement, the professional development of faculty, or teacher candidate…
Descriptors: School Activities, Professional Development, Professional Development Schools, Academic Achievement
Ozkan, Betul C.; Davis, Niki; Johnson, Natalie – Online Submission, 2006
In this study, we discuss the use of generative evaluation as an innovative approach in the analysis of qualitative interview data for evaluating simultaneous renewal of Iowa State University's PT3 grant. Goodlad's (1994) simultaneous renewal framework forms the basis of our argument. We focused on the CREATER+ model designed to explain the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Qualitative Research