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[[File:Evaluation.png | right | 200px]]Evaluation is the structured interpretation and giving of meaning to predicted or actual impacts of proposals or results. It looks at original objectives, and at what is either predicted or what was accomplished and how it was accomplished. So evaluation can be ''formative'', that is taking place during the development of a concept or during a seminar, with the intention of improving the value or effectiveness of the proposal of the project. It can also be ''assumptive'', drawing lessons from a completed action of the project or a finished seminar.</div> | [[File:Evaluation.png | right | 200px]]Evaluation is the structured interpretation and giving of meaning to predicted or actual impacts of proposals or results. It looks at original objectives, and at what is either predicted or what was accomplished and how it was accomplished. So evaluation can be ''formative'', that is taking place during the development of a concept or during a seminar, with the intention of improving the value or effectiveness of the proposal of the project. It can also be ''assumptive'', drawing lessons from a completed action of the project or a finished seminar.</div> | ||
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Revision as of 09:54, 11 January 2019
N. Zimmermann/ H. Fahrun
Contents
Focuses of reflection
Goal Achievement
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Methodology
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Content
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Space/Context
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Competency development
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Management
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Conceptual Thoughts Regarding Methods
The quality of results depends from the methodology how the data for reflection was collected. In particular a range of different ways to assess and interpret the needed data should be included, according to the principle of method mix.
Method Mix:
Style
- Choose appropriate methods for your target group
Confidentiality:
- Anonymous, half-public, or public
Group Relation
- In a plenum, in other collaborative ways, or in individual work
Addresses different senses
- Individually speaking, dialogue, writing, or moving
Quantitative or qualitative?
How deep should or needs your evaluation go? When you want to know how your participants feel, you ask them to show you “thumb up/down”. Afterwards you know that ten persons feel well and three of them not so well. Or you ask detailed qualitative questions, with which you find out why they feel themselves like that or what they need to feel better. You use a quantitative and a qualitative method – both of them are all right, when they suit the situation, they often complement each other.
Documentation of the Results
Choosing your method you should also consider the form, in which you need results. Language, pictures, photos… Many things are possible and they can complete a particular situation or also contrast it. It is important with most methods to formulate a question as concretely as possible.
As self-evaluation is crucial for independent learning, we include here as well methods, that help individuals to document learning outcomes, inspirations, insights in and individual way.
Selected Methods: Individual Reflection and Assessment
An overview over different methods for evaluation for evaluation in between and at the end of a learning process.
Selected Methods for Group Evaluation
These methods are facilitating a collective process of reasoning. Therefore, they are less confidential, allowing the group to exchange or discuss their observations or findings.
Self-Assessment of Facilitators
Checklists for a team of educators or for individual self-assessment.
- Evaluation
- Reflection and Evaluation
- Facilitator: Self-Assessment
- Checklist: Self-assessment Working Culture
- Checklist: Evaluation questions
- Learning Curve
- A letter from the past
- From now to tomorrow
- Personal Portfolio
- Project Impact on Community
- Decision cake
- Targeted feedback
- Bar Graphs
- Conflict tree
- Color Diary
- Spoken Word Poetry
- Constructive Feedback
- Touch Somebody Who...
Example: Aquarium
A cooperative evaluation in a training. Each participant marks his or her fish. Near the surface means +, at the ground means -.