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Program Evaluation as Problem Solving: Implications of a Metaphor.
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Ross, John A. – Evaluation Review, 1985
This article proposes that the behavior of teachers conducting small-scale evaluations of their own programs is analogous to the behavior of students solving curriculum-specific problems in classrooms and that teaching methods for training students in problem-solving skills can be usefully adapted to training teachers in evaluation skills.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Committees, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education