A postpositivist theorist who developed the 4 levels of evaluation and a model to match.
Who is Donald Kirkpatrick?
100
Utilizes quantitive designs and data.
What is the Postpositivist Paradigm?
100
A model within the Postpositivist Paradigm, with 4 levels of evaluation and a focuses on participants' reactions.
What is the Kirkpatrick Model?
100
A set of beliefs about how a program works or why a problem occurs.
What is Program Theory?
100
A piece of a good evaluation theory that focuses on what evaluators actually do.
What is Practice?
200
An early pragmatic theorist who created the 3-branch Tree of Evaluation Theory
Who is Marvin Alkin?
200
Focuses on qualitative methods to identify multiple values and perspectives.
What is the Constructivist Paradigm?
200
A model within the Constructivist Paradigm, and evaluation context, inputs, process and product?
What is CIPP Model?
200
Broad metaphysical constructs that include sets of logically related philosophical assumptions
What is a paradigm?
200
A piece of a good evaluation theory that focuses on the nature of social programs and their roles in solving societal problems.
What is Social Programming?
300
A pragmatic theorist who developed the CIPP Model.
Who is Daniel Stufflebeam?
300
Focuses on data that is useful to stakeholders.
What is the Pragmatic Paradigm?
300
Tied to theory-based evaluation approaches and reveals underlying theory of how the program intends to achieve its outcomes.
What is The Logic Model?
300
Frameworks for analyzing interrelationships of constructs; more limited in scope than paradigms
What is a theory?
300
A piece of a good evaluation theory that enables evaluators to use the knowledge we gain from an evaluation.
What is Use?
400
A constructivist theorist who thought knowledge could be measure by more than numbers and words.
Who is Eliot Eisner?
400
The belief that the social world can be studied in the same way as the natural world.
What is the Postpositivist Paradigm?
400
Explicitly shows a program's theory of change.
What is The Logic Model?
400
A model that displays the sequence of actions in a program, describes what the program is and will do, and describes how investments will be linked to the results.
What is a logic model?
400
A piece of a good evaluation theory that helps evaluators decide what to do to produce credible information.
What is Knowledge?
500
A postpositivist theorist who enhanced understanding of the use of experimental approaches in evaluation.
Who is William Shadish?
500
The belief that reality is individually interpreted and that the methodological choices will be determined by the evaluation questions.
What is the Pragmatic Paradigm?
500
Can show cause and effect but often result in low validity.
What are Quasi-Experimental Models?
500
Describes how the activities, resources and contextual factors work together to achieve intended outcomes.
What is Theory of Change?
500
A piece of a good evaluation theory that helps evaluators form judgements.