Author: Chris L. S. Coryn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Reforming the Evaluation of Research
Author: Chris L. S. Coryn
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Research
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Reforming the Evaluation of Research
Author: Chris L. S. Coryn
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This volume is devoted to efforts at improving the evaluation of research and represents the theoretical, methodological, and practice perspectives of some of the world's leading scholars who have devoted themselves to improving how research is evaluated. Contributions in this volume come from authors currently or recently working in Australia, Ireland, Japan, new Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The chapters is this volume offer powerful and promising insights, including: A Theories-Based Systemic Framework for Evaluating Diverse Portfolios of Scientific Work Strategic Evaluation of Research and Development in Japan's Public Research Institutes A Peer Review Process for Games and Software The Australian Research Quality Framework: A Live Experiment in Capturing the Social, Economic, Environmental, and Cultural Returns of Publicly Funded Research Evaluation of Large Research Initiatives: Outcomes, Challenges, and Methodological Considerations Making Team Science Better: Applying Improvement-Oriented Evaluation Principles to Evaluation of Cooperative Research Centers The Logic of Research Evaluation The result is an invaluable resource, not just for the scientists, technologists, and scholars who have been or will be subjected to an assessment of their own research, but also for research managers and policy makers. This is the 118th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly report series New Directions for Evaluation, a publication of the American Evaluation Association.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This volume is devoted to efforts at improving the evaluation of research and represents the theoretical, methodological, and practice perspectives of some of the world's leading scholars who have devoted themselves to improving how research is evaluated. Contributions in this volume come from authors currently or recently working in Australia, Ireland, Japan, new Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The chapters is this volume offer powerful and promising insights, including: A Theories-Based Systemic Framework for Evaluating Diverse Portfolios of Scientific Work Strategic Evaluation of Research and Development in Japan's Public Research Institutes A Peer Review Process for Games and Software The Australian Research Quality Framework: A Live Experiment in Capturing the Social, Economic, Environmental, and Cultural Returns of Publicly Funded Research Evaluation of Large Research Initiatives: Outcomes, Challenges, and Methodological Considerations Making Team Science Better: Applying Improvement-Oriented Evaluation Principles to Evaluation of Cooperative Research Centers The Logic of Research Evaluation The result is an invaluable resource, not just for the scientists, technologists, and scholars who have been or will be subjected to an assessment of their own research, but also for research managers and policy makers. This is the 118th volume of the Jossey-Bass higher education quarterly report series New Directions for Evaluation, a publication of the American Evaluation Association.
Evaluation in Public-sector Reform
Author: Hellmut Wollmann
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781781957325
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Articles from internationally renowned scholars highlighting the connections between public-sector reform and evaluation.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781781957325
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Articles from internationally renowned scholars highlighting the connections between public-sector reform and evaluation.
Assessment Reform in Science
Author: Benny B.H.W Yung
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402034083
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
The conclusions and recommendations made in this book are derived from a study of ten teachers in Hong Kong as they tried to change their practice following a reform of the Hong Kong assessment system. Hong Kong is simply a context that provided the opportunity to gather very rich and informative data on issues pertaining to assessment reforms which also have very wide implications in many countries’ contexts. The text is written in a lucid and easy-to-read style.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402034083
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
The conclusions and recommendations made in this book are derived from a study of ten teachers in Hong Kong as they tried to change their practice following a reform of the Hong Kong assessment system. Hong Kong is simply a context that provided the opportunity to gather very rich and informative data on issues pertaining to assessment reforms which also have very wide implications in many countries’ contexts. The text is written in a lucid and easy-to-read style.
Thinking about Program Evaluation
Author: Richard A. Berk
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1452211639
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Through the use of specific examples to illustrate evaluation research goals and methods, Thinking About Program Evaluation provides readers with an overview of the science and politics of evaluation research. New to this edition is coverage of meta-analysis, selection models, and instrumental variables. In addition, the authors have expanded the coverage of analysis of data, evaluation when the units of analysis are entire organizations of political jurisdictions, and comparisons between evaluation research and other related fields. The rich mix of examples has been expanded to include more illustrations from environmental evaluation, and the most recent studies on welfare reform, managed mental health care, and law enforcement.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1452211639
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
Through the use of specific examples to illustrate evaluation research goals and methods, Thinking About Program Evaluation provides readers with an overview of the science and politics of evaluation research. New to this edition is coverage of meta-analysis, selection models, and instrumental variables. In addition, the authors have expanded the coverage of analysis of data, evaluation when the units of analysis are entire organizations of political jurisdictions, and comparisons between evaluation research and other related fields. The rich mix of examples has been expanded to include more illustrations from environmental evaluation, and the most recent studies on welfare reform, managed mental health care, and law enforcement.
Assessment Reform in Education
Author: Rita Berry
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400707290
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book discusses the recent assessment movements in the eastern and western worlds with particular focuses on the policies, implementation, and impacts of assessment reform on education. A new perspective of assessment sees assessment as a means to enhance learning. This book examines the tensions, challenges and outcomes (intended and unintended) of assessment reform arising at the interface of policy and implementation, and implementation and student learning. The book reviews the experiences insights gained from research, and identifies the facilitators and hindrances to effective change. It reflects current thinking of assessment and provides the readers with ample background information of assessment development in many countries including USA, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400707290
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This book discusses the recent assessment movements in the eastern and western worlds with particular focuses on the policies, implementation, and impacts of assessment reform on education. A new perspective of assessment sees assessment as a means to enhance learning. This book examines the tensions, challenges and outcomes (intended and unintended) of assessment reform arising at the interface of policy and implementation, and implementation and student learning. The book reviews the experiences insights gained from research, and identifies the facilitators and hindrances to effective change. It reflects current thinking of assessment and provides the readers with ample background information of assessment development in many countries including USA, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
Reforming Schools
Author: Wendy Peter Abt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788030914603
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788030914603
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Emerging Roles of Evaluation in Science Education Reform
Author: Rita G. O'Sullivan
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Curriculum evaluation
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Curriculum evaluation
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Evaluating Educational Reforms
Author: Peder Haug
Publisher: IAP
ISBN: 1607528622
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
A Scandinavian perspective on evaluating educational reforms. The essays include: The Research Council of Norway Evaluating Reform 97; Models of Evaluation; and What's Being Done in the Name of Evaluation? Experiences Drawn from the Recent Evaluation of Schooling Reforms in Switzerland.
Publisher: IAP
ISBN: 1607528622
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
A Scandinavian perspective on evaluating educational reforms. The essays include: The Research Council of Norway Evaluating Reform 97; Models of Evaluation; and What's Being Done in the Name of Evaluation? Experiences Drawn from the Recent Evaluation of Schooling Reforms in Switzerland.
Case Study Evaluations
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Case method
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Case method
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description