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Lori Peterson on Conducting Focus Groups with High School Students with Disabilities

2 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting, Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation, Qualitative Methods, Youth Focused Evaluation / May 1, 2012

I am Lori Peterson an Assistant Professor at the University of Northern Colorado. Recently, I worked on a project conducting a series of focus groups with high school students with disabilities. I wanted to share tips and lessons learned from this experience. Hot Tips: Feed them and they will come! High school students love food. …

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WMU Week: Lori Wingate on Questions of Culture and Power in Evaluation and the OK-ness of Not Getting to “The Answer”

2 Comments / Uncategorized / December 11, 2011

My name is Lori Wingate, and I work at The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University. I’ve been involved in a number of discussions around the issues of culture, color, and gender in evaluation. I value the premise from which these conversations start. Being hyper-pragmatic, I tend to get frustrated with where they end—that, is, …

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Nancy Lee Leland on “Q by Q”

2 Comments / Evaluation Use / June 23, 2011

Hello. My name is Nancy Lee Leland and I am Senior Research Associate and Evaluation Team Leader for the University of Minnesota’s Prevention Research Center for Healthy Youth Development. I also do independent evaluation-related consulting with private, governmental, and nonprofit organizations. I strive to engage program and other organizational staff in the evaluation process and …

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Mel Mark on “Thought Questions” to Improve Evaluation Practice

1 Comment / Evaluation Use, Research on Evaluation / June 10, 2010

Hello, I am Melvin Mark, Professor and Head of Psychology at Penn State University. When you read books or articles about evaluation, the focus typically is on doing an upcoming evaluation. Given that conducting individual evaluations is what evaluators are usually hired to do, this focus of our books, articles, and conversations makes sense. Hot …

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