Description of the Course: This course will provide an introduction to the theoretical and practical aspects of program evaluation in education and other institutional settings
6373_Syllabus_Spring 2010.doc
Citation: Kiernan, N. E. & Brock, G. (2000). A Technique to Measure Opinions, Skills, Intentions, and Behaviors That’s Different - Even Fun. Journal of Extension 38(6). This document is part of a series of Tipsheets that contain practical evaluation illustrations based on current research and...
Tipsheet 8.pdf
Evaluation questions identify what aspects of a program will be investigated. They focus on the merit, worth, or significance of a program or particular aspects of a program. Unlike survey questions, they are not intended to derive single data points. Evaluation questions help to define the...
Citation: Kiernan, Nancy Ellen (2001). Process Evaluation: Tipsheet #3, University Park, PA: Penn State Cooperative Extension. This document is part of a series of Tipsheets that contain practical evaluation illustrations based on current research and developed by Nancy Ellen Kiernan at Penn...
Tipsheet 3.pdf
Kiernan, Nancy Ellen (1999). Listening Posts: Tipsheet #5, University Park, PA: Penn State Cooperative Extension. This document is part of a series of Tipsheets that contain practical evaluation illustrations based on current research and developed by Nancy Ellen Kiernan at Penn State...
Tipsheet 5.pdf
Citation: Kiernan, Nancy Ellen (2001). Evaluating Knowledge: Tipsheet #11, University Park, PA: Penn State Cooperative Extension. This document is part of a series of Tipsheets that contain practical evaluation illustrations based on current research and developed by Nancy Ellen Kiernan at...
Tipsheet 11.pdf
Citation: Kiernan, Nancy Ellen (2001). Evaluating Behavior: Tipsheet #12, University Park, PA: Penn State Cooperative Extension. This document is part of a series of Tipsheets that contain practical evaluation illustrations based on current research and developed by Nancy Ellen Kiernan at...
Tipsheet 12.pdf
This is the lead article in "Evaluation South Asia," the first professional evaluaiton journal for all countries in South Asia, published in 2008. The article lays out a general struction for developing evaluation as a viable professional field and funciton for the betterment of national...
Pilars of Public Program Evaluation.pdf
Summertime...and the evaluating is easy! In this session, participants will build skills to design evaluations in a summer learning program or camp setting. Using a camp evaluation planning template, participants will design a plan to either support evaluation capacity in a summer program with...
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One major dilemma that is often confronted by an internal evaluator is resistance to program evaluation. The presenter has been an internal evaluator in the non-profit sector for 38 years where he learned various techniques to overcoming resistance within an organizational setting
Techniques for Overcoming Resistance to Program Evaluation - edited.pptx