Completing your evaluation dissertation, thesis, or culminating project. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tamara M. Walser, Michael S. Trevisan.
• Authors: Walser, Tamara M; Trevisan, Michael S
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; PART 1: Essentials for Your Journey; Chapter 1 • The Evaluation Capstone; Guiding Questions; Chapter Overview; What Is Evaluation?; What Is an Evaluation Capstone?; Chapter Summary; Chapter 2 • Working Productively With Your Committee; Guiding Questions; Chapter Overview; The Evaluation Capstone as a Process and a Product; Nontechnical Skills in Evaluation Education and Practice; Important Nontechnical Skills for Evaluation Capstones; Choosing a Capstone Chair and Committee Members; Communicating With Your Capstone Chair and Committee; Chapter Summary; PART 2: Navigating the Six Fundamentals of Evaluation Practice; Chapter 3 • Quality: Addressing Professional Evaluation Standards and Guidelines; Guiding Questions; Chapter Overview; What Are the Program Evaluation Standards?; Culturally Responsive Evaluation Practice; Evaluator Competencies; Other Guidance for Evaluation Practice; Meta-Evaluation of Your Evaluation Capstone; Chapter Summary; Chapter 4 • Stakeholders: Working With an Evaluation Client and Other Program Stakeholders; Guiding Questions; Chapter Overview; Who Are Program Stakeholders?; Developing a Stakeholder Engagement Plan and Log; Elements of Effective Stakeholder Interactions; Chapter Summary; Chapter 5 • Understanding: Developing Understanding of a Program; Guiding Questions; Chapter Overview; Why Does the Program Exist?; What Is the Program, and How Is It Intended to Work?; In What Context Does the Program Operate?; Conducting a Review of the Literature for Your Evaluation Capstone; Chapter Summary; Chapter 6 • Values: Engaging Values Through Evaluation Purpose, Questions, and Criteria; Guiding Questions; Chapter Overview; Engaging Values; Evaluation Purpose Statement; Evaluation Questions; Evaluation Criteria; Remaining Flexible; Chapter Summary; Chapter 7 • Approaches: Applying Evaluation Approaches; Guiding Questions; Chapter Overview; Evaluation Theories, Models, and Approaches; Taxonomies of Evaluation Approaches; Choosing an Evaluation Approach; The Relationship Between Evaluation Approach and Design; Developing the Evaluation Design; A Note About Validity and Trustworthiness for Evaluation; Chapter Summary; Chapter 8 • Use: Maximizing Evaluation Use; Guiding Questions; Chapter Overview; Laying the Groundwork for Evaluation Use; Additional Ideas About Increasing Evaluation Use; Types of Evaluation Use; Developing Evaluation Findings and Recommendations; Developing an Evaluation Communication Plan; Evaluation Capstone Reporting Formats; Chapter Summary; References; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 808.066378; Dissertations, Academic; Report writing; Educational evaluation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506399980
• Related ISBNs: 9781544300009
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