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Peer reviewedKurz, Dorothy E. – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1983
The methodology of participant observation in evaluation research is described. The author cites examples of its use and includes references to additional sources of information. The characteristics of participant observation, appropriate circumstances for use, and specific techniques of this method are examined. (Author/DWH)
Descriptors: Ethnography, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Field Studies
Download full textGray, Peter J.; And Others – 1982
This guide provides evaluators interested in new methods with a framework for determining the feasibility, utility, and effectiveness of the methods in field settings. To accomplish this intent, the body of this guide contains discussions of five checklists. Three of the checklists are to be used before a trial to determine the feasibility of one…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Evaluation Methods, Feasibility Studies, Field Studies
Patton, Michael Quinn – 1987
The "CSE Program Evaluation Kit" is a series of nine books intended to assist people conducting program evaluations. This volume, the fourth in the kit, explains the basic assumptions underlying qualitative procedures, suggests evaluation situations where qualitative designs are useful, and provides guidelines for designing qualitative…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Evaluation Methods
Jones, Stephen P. – 1987
Since all Agency for International Development (AID) projects require an evaluation component, AID's emphasis on assistance to agriculture and rural development projects ensures a continuing need for skilled and expert personnel to evaluate those projects. Intended for potential AID project evaluators, this guide uses experience gained from field…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agricultural Education, Consultants, Credentials
Strang, Ernest W.; And Others – 1978
This document contains the fourth of five volumes reporting the activities and results of a career education evaluation project conducted to accomplish the following two objectives; (1) to improve the quality of evaluations by career education projects funded by the United States Office of Career Education (OCE) through the provision of technical…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Guides, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Denny, Terry – 1978
Story telling is defined as a kind of journalistic documentation, based on directly observable referents, and used to contribute to an understanding of educational problems. In the area of educational research, story telling is part of the genre which includes case studies, ethnography, and ethnology. Story telling describes an environment in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Caseworker Approach, Educational Anthropology, Educational Research
Peer reviewedRogers, Terry Heitz; Gamson, Zelda F. – Review of Higher Education, 1982
A model for evaluation of liberal arts programs is proposed, based on a study of liberal arts in 14 diverse institutions. It takes a developmental perspective, emphasizing process as well as product, description as well as analysis, clarification of terms before measurement, and collaboration of evaluators and participants. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria
