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Steadham, Stephen V. – Training and Development Journal, 1980
Reviews three areas of knowledge needed to select an appropriate needs assessment strategy: (1) the criteria for selecting the method, (2) nine needs assessment methods, and (3) a means of categorizing methods. Provides an example of an assessment activity conducted in a small rural hospital. (LRA)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Strategies, Evaluation Methods, Hospitals
Harris, Ben M. – 1981
Evaluation is data gathering, analysis, and interpretation that leads to decisions about practices and goals. Relatively simple analytical techniques can suffice for many evaluation purposes. Evaluation of inservice education may be viewed as an operating system where input is provided, processes are implemented, and products are generated. When…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Research, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedKaufman, Roger – Group and Organization Studies, 1981
Presents a method for holistic organizational analysis that provides developers with a rationale to obtain data and decision bases for successful internal and extraorganizational intervention and change. The analysis, based on the Organizational Elements Model, relates organizational resources, efforts, results, and organizational impact. Presents…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Input Output Analysis, Intervention, Needs Assessment
Download full textBarkley, John; And Others – 1984
Intended to provide assistance to non-technical end-users in evaluating the applicability of microcomputer-based systems to their needs and in choosing appropriate systems, this document recommends first identifying requirements and then identifying and evaluating alternative sources for application software, system software and hardware, and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Evaluation Methods, Information Networks, Microcomputers
Anderson, Scarvia B.; And Others – 1975
Arranged like an encyclopedia, this book, addressed to directors and sponsors of education/training programs, as well as evaluators and those studying to become evaluators, unifies and systematizes the field of evaluation by organizing its main concepts and techniques into one volume. Researched and documented articles, contributed by recognized…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Design, Educational Programs, Encyclopedias
Bliss, Sam W. – 1970
Educational personnel having major responsibilities for research and development were invited to attend three one-week institutes to receive training in the use of selected management tools. instructional topics such as systems and management analysis, and definitive studies of management information systems (MIS), program planning budgetary…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Programs, Educational Research
ENGEN, RICHARD B. – 1965
CONDUCTED BY THE OREGON STATE LIBRARY WITH DR. PRESTON P. LE BRETON FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SERVING AS THE CONSULTANT, THIS WEEK LONG INSTITUTE WAS HELD TO PREPARE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATORS FOR STATE-WIDE PLANNING FOR LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT IN OREGON. SPECIFIC GOALS OF INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS WERE TO EXAMINE ACCEPTED MANAGEMENT AND…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making Skills, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedWitkin, Belle Ruth – Evaluation Practice, 1994
Practices in needs assessment are reviewed since 1981, the year the federal government changed the role it plays in promoting needs assessment in the public sector. The review is based on reports published to 1993 and indicates that needs assessment is flourishing in a variety of settings. (SLD)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
Plastrik, Peter – 2001
Since the mid-1990s, job-training and employment programs for low-income people have begun to emphasize not only program development and implementation, but also reform of the "system" of labor market, employers, training providers, and helping agencies. In 1995, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which launched the Jobs Initiative in 6…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
