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A Developmental Model for Determining Whether the Treatment is Actually Implemented

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Hall, Gene E.; Loucks, Susan F. – American Educational Research Journal, 1977

The concept of Levels of Use of the Innovation (LoU) permits an operational, cost-feasible description and documentation of whether or not an educational innovation or treatment is being implemented. Eight different LoU's can be reliably measured: nonuse, orientation, preparation, mechanical uses, routine, refinement, integration, and renewal.…

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education

Levels of Use of the Innovation: The Conceptualization and Measurement of a Variable Useful for Assessing Innovation Implementation by Individuals.

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Loucks, Susan F. – 1977

Levels of use of the innovation represent behaviors demonstrated by individuals as they grow in the process of innovation implementation. Eight levels of use have been defined, ranging from lack of knowledge about the innovation through highly sophisticated, impact-oriented use. Operational definitions include seven categories of adopter knowledge…

Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education