On Doing a Naturalistic Evaluation [microform] / Mary F. Kennedy and Others.
The paper describes a naturalistic evaluation study of an enrichment program for gifted learners in Newfoundland. The pull-out program (for two half days out of six) is described in terms of audience concerns and issues, standards, program components, and data-generating techniques (observations and...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The paper describes a naturalistic evaluation study of an enrichment program for gifted learners in Newfoundland. The pull-out program (for two half days out of six) is described in terms of audience concerns and issues, standards, program components, and data-generating techniques (observations and interviews). The evaluation led to a report pointing to specific strengths and weaknesses and went beyond assessment of the impact of the program to thorough description and judgment. Also discussed is the naturalistic approach to program evaluation in general considering its emergent design, rigor factors inhibiting naturalistic evaluation (such as the non-quantitative results), cost factors inhibiting naturalistic evaluation, and training factors inhibiting naturalistic evaluation. Contains 10 references. (DB) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED320350. |
| Physical Description: | 19 pages |
| Audience: | Researchers. |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
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