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020 _a9781544300009
041 _aEnglish.
082 0 0 _a808.066378
_bWAL-C
100 1 _aWalser, Tamara M.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCompleting your evaluation dissertation, thesis, or culminating project /
_cTamara M. Walser, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Michael S. Trevisan, Washington State University.
250 _aFirst edition.
260 _aNew Delhi / Los Angeles / London :
_bSage,
_c2021.
300 _axxiii, 205p.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aPart 1: Essentials for your journey -- The evaluation capstone -- Working productively with your committee -- Part 2: Navigating the six fundamentals of evaluation practice -- Quality: Addressing professional evaluation standards and guidelines -- Stakeholders: Working with an evaluation client and other program stakeholders -- Understanding: Developing understanding of a program -- Values: Engaging values through evaluation purpose, questions, and criteria -- Approaches: Applying evaluation approaches -- Use: Maximizing evaluation use.
520 _a"This practical, user-friendly resource helps students successfully complete an evaluation capstone: a dissertation, thesis, or culminating project where a student conducts an evaluation as their capstone experience. Authors Tamara M. Walser and Michael S. Trevisan present a framework to support students and faculty in maximizing student development of evaluator competencies, addressing standards of the evaluation profession, and contributing to programs and disciplinary knowledge. Their framework, and this book, is organized by six fundamentals of evaluation practice: quality; stakeholders; understanding the program; valuing; approaches; and maximizing evaluation use"--
546 _aEnglish
650 0 _aDissertations, Academic.
650 0 _aReport writing.
650 0 _aEducational evaluation.
700 1 _aTrevisan, Michael S.
_eauthor.
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