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Klein, Stephen P.; And Others – 1982
This handbook is part of a series prepared by the Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) for evaluation workshop participants. Activities are suggested for teams of trainees to practice the use of the five stage evaluation model. The five stages are needs assessment, program planning, implementation evaluation, progress and outcome evaluation.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Terhune, Kenneth W. – 1974
This paper offers three propositions on the roles of rationality and rationalization in the expression of preferences for family size. The propositions are generally based on the results of two successive interview surveys involving approximately 600 married, white women between the ages of 15 and 44. This number includes approximately equal…
Descriptors: Costs, Evaluative Thinking, Family Planning, Family Structure
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Eggleston, S. J. – Education for Teaching, 1973
This article has been an early attempt to draw attention to the creative opportunities afforded by a new paradigm. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Definitions
Cronen, Vernon E.; Mihevc, Nancy – Speech Monographs, 1972
Paper presents a model of the processes involved in listener response to deductive arguments. (Editor)
Descriptors: Classification, Deduction, Evaluative Thinking, Interaction Process Analysis
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Lincoln, Yvonna S. – Evaluation Practice, 1994
The movement away from strictly conventional evaluation practices and toward new and more responsive models of inquiry seems inescapable when one ponders the future of evaluation. A more activist-oriented and more stakeholder-oriented model of evaluation seems to be the future of the field. (SLD)
Descriptors: Activism, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluative Thinking
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Cottone, R. Rocco – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2001
Examines social constructivism as an intellectual movement in the mental health field that directs a social consensual interpretation of reality. Presents a social constructivism approach to counseling which redefines the ethical decision-making process as an interactive rather than individual or intrapsychic process. Explores how the process…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Counseling, Counseling Theories, Decision Making
Pavitt, Charles – 1990
One of the most valuable skills in group decision making is the ability to make trustworthy judgments about group performance. It follows from the "inferential model" of social cognition (Pavitt, 1989; Pavitt & Hight, 1986), that there are three types of judgments relevant to the group context: (1) behavioral (what the group did);…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Evaluative Thinking, Higher Education, Inferences
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Hamilton, David L.; Huffman, Leroy J. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Concept Formation, Evaluative Thinking
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Van Maanen, John – Grantsmanship Center News, 1979
The model presented forces us to view evaluation from two interdependent perspectives: conceptual and operational. Conceptual processes consist of planning, implementation, measurement, and decision making; operational processes consist of specifying, measuring and comparing objectives against a standard. (Available from: Grantsmanship Center,…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Evaluative Thinking, Formative Evaluation
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Arnseth, H. C.; Saljo, R. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2007
The topic of this article concerns how students make sense of categories of progressive inquiry made available to them through a discussion and inquiry type of software called Future Learning Environments 2 (FLE2). The idea behind tools of this kind is to induce approaches to school-work that build on the metaphor of learning as research. By…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Educational Practices, Classification, Computer Software
Pope, William R.; Forsyth, Donelson R. – 1983
In analyzing various moral and legal philosophies, two perspectives emerge, absolute moral rules/higher law, and situationally-specific moral rules/legal positivism. From these two perspectives, four types of individuals emerge in accordance with their degree of adherence to ideological tenets: (1) situationists (high on idealism and relativism);…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Ethics, Evaluative Thinking, Individual Development
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation. – 1973
The handbook on progress evaluation was prepared for workshop participants. The Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) conducts a series of workshops for administrators and other evaluation team personnel. Specific exercises and activities are suggested using the five stage evaluation model. The phases are needs assessment, program planning,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Bikner-Ahsbahs, Angelika – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
This paper presents the design and some results of a series of teaching experiments. The design was created to develop a model for everyday math lessons, that describes the conditions which foster or hinder the construction of new mathematical meanings. The development process includes the students' epistemic processes, their social interactions,…
Descriptors: Models, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Grade 9
Forester-Miller, Holly; Davis, Thomas E. – 1995
Counselors must make sound ethical decisions but, often, determining the appropriate course to take when confronted with a difficult ethical dilemma can be a challenge. This guide assists counselors in ethical decision making; it is presented as a supplement, and is to be used in conjunction with, the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Behavior Standards, Codes of Ethics, Counselors
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Priest, Simon – Journal of Experiential Education, 1988
Presents a problem-solving model for outdoor group leaders. Describes assessment, analytical and creative phases of the model, and emphasizes the importance of experience-based judgment. Discusses ways of providing experiential problem-solving opportunities in outdoor leadership preparation programs. (SV)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluative Thinking, Experiential Learning, Leadership Training
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