Chapter 5 Flashcards
What are 3 top constructivists?
Lincoln, Guba, Denzin
Fourth Generation Evaluation
1989- a qualitative methodology that includes intensive involvement with stake holders in the design, conduct, and building of meaning based on the collected evaluation data. -Yvonne Lincoln
Constructivist is the ____________ branch.
Values
Transformative is the _______ branch.
Social Justice
Jennifer Greene
The Construction of Validity as Argument; leader in mixed methods research, Constructivist
Which evaluation type begins the evaluation with preliminary data collection to determine evaluation questions?
Responsive evaluation
Deliberative Democracy
Groups of people talked politics, open discussion; carefully listening to others and then genuinely come up with something that works for everybody; no power differential, listen to everyone
John Rolls, John Dewey, House, and Howe
Transformative Leaders
What is the hermeneutic process?
The process of constructing reality by the research participants through conversational interaction with the researcher, and multiple meanings are often constructed and analyzed.
Many theorists in the values branch of evaluation advocate for the use of ________ methods in evaluation.
qualitative
Which of the following statements fits constructivism?
In research and evaluation, reality is constructed by the researcher and research participants through interactive dialog.
Many constructivists would consider themselves relativists.
True
Eliot Eisner developed which type of evaluation?
Connoissership Evaluation
According to Lincoln, constructivists must use only qualitative data collection methods.
False
Constructivists believe that it is possible for researchers to eliminate the influence of values in their work.
false
Connoisseurship evaluation takes a _____ stance.
Phenomenological
Which of the following researchers is NOT a member of the values branch theorists?
Michael Scriven, Yvonna Lincoln, Donald Campbell, Eliot Eisner
Donald Campbell
Constructivists ontologically believe that there are ______realities.
multiple, socially constructed
Constructivits believe epistemelogically that it is important to have ____________ and _________ to create knowledge.
meaningful dialogue and reflection
Michael Scriven disagreed with _____________ that the purpose of evaluation is to provide information for decision making. He believed that purpose of evaluation is to determine the ______ and _______ of the evaluand.
Stufflebeam; merit & Worth
Scriven developed “goal-free evaluation” which is____.
A researcher remains intentionally unaware of a program’s goals and searches for its effects regardless of the program’s objectives.
Why did Scriven develop goal free evaluation?
He was concerned with bias associated with having an evaluator hired by a program’s developers, as well as the notion that evaluators should limit their activities to examining whether programs have acheived their stated objectives.
Naturalistic evaluation is__________.
an evaluator observes a program in its natural stated without a preconceived hypotheses
(Guba & Lincoln)
Values branch theorists often use__________ as a mechanism for gaining understanding about the day to day activities of a program as a way of uncovering hidden meanings.
Case Studies
Collaborative Evaluation utilizes ___________ as members of the evaluation team with the empowerment model of evaluation.
participants
Collaborative evlauation is also a form of __________participatory evaluation.
community-based
Collabortaive evaluation has 4 steps:
program review or clarifying the request for evaluation; design of the evaluation plan; implementation of the evaluation; sharing the results of the evaluation
Desk Review is often used in constructivist approach and is when the evaluator gathers evaluation reports pertinent to the topic and conducts_________________.
Qualitative analysis of those documents;
does not include field visits unless the agency asks to combine such as review with additional evaluation methods.
Evaluation Values and Criteria Checklist;
helps evaluators and their clients consider an appropriate range of generic valuses and criterai as they identify those that will undergird particular evaluations
Stufflebeam
