Archive for 'Evaluation'
Likert-Type Scales: Examples, Samples and Information
Posted on 13. Sep, 2010 by karlkapp.
If you are doing a formative or summative evaluation of instruction or doing a needs assessment or a program evaluation, sooner or later you are going to need a Likert-type scale. You also may have a question about using odd or even numbers in the Likert-Type Scale, here is some insight on that. Here are [...]
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Learn About The Role Evaluation Plays in Grants
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by karlkapp.
I do work as an evaluator on several National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technology Education (ATE) grants. (learn a little more about the ATE programs) I have been asked to share some of my experiences in an upcoming webinar about NSF ATE Evaluations. Here are the details in case you are interested in attending. Webinar: [...]
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Creating Assessment Questions that Measure Performance
Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by karlkapp.
While knowledge assessments have become more and more popular both in business and academia, there are still issues with the creation of valid and reliable test questions. It is imperative that an assessment item actually measure knowledge and potential performance. The goal is to create a test question that is linked to the objective of [...]
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Cool Level One Evaluation
Posted on 30. Jan, 2009 by karlkapp.
As learning professionals, we are familiar with Donald Kirkpatrick and his four Levels of Evaluation.If you need to get up to speed, you can read an interview with him here. However, Level 1 Evaluations which measure initial learner reaction to instruction are typically boring checklists or Likert-type scales which are painful to complete and don’t [...]
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Evaluation Introduction
Posted on 14. Feb, 2008 by karlkapp.
Doing a lot in terms of evaluation lately, here is part of the introduction for an evaluation plan I have developed. Does it make sense to you, would you use this technique? Introduction The primary area of focus for this evaluation plan is to measure the impact of this learning intervention on employee and organizational [...]


