DENT 2060 Program Evaluation

Question 1

Program evaluation

Answer 1

follow up

Question 2

Purpose

Answer 2

to evaluate how well it works; provides info for revisions; to improve the program

Question 3

Items to be evaluated

Answer 3

effectiveness and efficiency; appropriateness; educational and instructional material; organization and planning; behaviours and attitudes of learners and administrators; were the goals and objectives met? *need measurable objectives

Question 4

Interventions

Answer 4

action/activity in which primary intent is to improve health; Educational- teaching; Service- sealants; Organizational; Power- pass and change laws

Question 5

Formative evaluation

Answer 5

Process evaluation; internal evaluation of a program; During

Question 6

Summative evaluation

Answer 6

Outcome evaluation; external evaluation of a program; After

Question 7

Formative

Answer 7

allows remedial changes

Question 8

Measurement instruments

Answer 8

Non-clinical: face to face, surveys, questionnaires, tests, observation, telephone interviews, document analysis; Clinical: basic screening, indices

Question 9

Summative

Answer 9

In order to conduct a summative evaluation, it is necessary to have baseline data from the needs assessment to determine a group’s progress; we need to have a ‘before’ for our ‘after’

Question 10

What type is best?

Answer 10

Formative, but you need both. Formative is continuous from the beginning of the program

Question 11

Quantitative summative

Answer 11

anything numeric that expresses quantity; data analysis

Question 12

Qualitative summative

Answer 12

descriptions; perceptions; and attitudes of populations; non-numeric data; observations, case study, interviews, surveys

Question 13

Combination is best

Answer 13

numbers and descriptions

Question 14

Formal

Answer 14

written pre and post tests

Question 15

Informal

Answer 15

questioning audience during a presentation

Question 16

Evaluation designs

Answer 16

1. Post program only - nothing to compare; least useful
2. Preprogram and postprogram - assesses change
3. Preprogram and postprogram with comparison group - extraneous variables can skue test
4. Preprogram and postprogram with a control group - more control over control group, most scientific because it has the least amount of extraneous variables