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EdEval Week: Tiffany Berry on Using Developmental Psychology to Promote the Whole Child in Educational Evaluations

1 Comment / Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / April 30, 2011

Hi! I’m Tiffany Berry, a Research Associate Professor in developmental psychology and practicing program evaluator at Claremont Graduate University’s Institute of Organizational and Program Evaluation Research (IOPER). I evaluate a variety of educational institutions, including schools, after school programs, districts, county offices of education, and textbook publishers, among others. Throughout my evaluations, I have consistently …

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Susan Kistler on 4 Must See/Hear Webcasts and Podcasts to Round Out Your Knowledge Base

1 Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting, International and Cross-cultural Evaluation, Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / April 30, 2011

I’m Susan Kistler, AEA’s Executive Director, and regular aea365 Saturday contributor. I was inspired by Dorian’s 4/28 post on 5 must-read blogs for those working in nonprofits, and thought I would share a few must see/hear webcasts and podcasts with which you may not be familiar. Rad Resource – Videos on Evaluation Methods from UNICEF: …

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Sherry Boyce on Using Photos in Evaluation Reports

Leave a Comment / Data Visualization and Reporting, Extension Education Evaluation / April 18, 2011

My name is Sherry Boyce, Extension Educator in Program Evaluation with the University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development.  I have worked for Extension for 30 years, in a variety of youth development roles. I have also done extensive photography as a volunteer with several youth programs.  I’d like to share some thoughts about …

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Dorian Almont on 5 Must-Read Blogs for Those Working in Nonprofits and Foundations

3 Comments / Nonprofits and Foundations Evaluation / September 1, 2011

Hello, I’m Dorian Almont and I am an independent consultant working primarily to develop measurement capacity with nonprofit community organizations. I’d like to share five blogs that I read, after I’m done reading aea365 of course, to keep up to date on issues in the nonprofit sector. Each regularly includes discussions and contributions focusing on …

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Andrew F. Hayes on Modern Mediation Analysis

1 Comment / Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design / April 16, 2011

I am Andrew F. Hayes, an associate professor at Ohio State University, where I serve on the faculty in the School of Communication and the Department of Psychology. Though formally trained as an experimental social psychologist, I am a quantitative psychologist by vocation and at heart and have devoted the last several years thinking and …

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Na’im, Blackmon, Ortiz, Nixon, Van Dyk, and Yanowitz on Positionality Matters: Understanding Culture and Context from the Perspective of Key Stakeholders

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / April 18, 2011

This post is brought to you by Alyssa Na’im of the National Science Foundation’s ITEST Learning Resource Center at the Education Development Center, and several members of the ITEST Community of Practice: Angelique Tucker Blackmon, Innovative Learning Concepts, LLC; Araceli M. Ortiz, Sustainable Future, Inc.; Carol Nixon, Edvantia, Inc.; Pam Van Dyk, Evaluation Resources, LLC; and Karen …

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Brian Silvey on Grade Points and Evaluation

3 Comments / Assessment in Higher Education, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / April 4, 2011

My name is Brian Silvey, and I am an Assistant Professor of Music Education and the Director of the Symphonic Band at the University of Missouri. I constantly struggle with how to best assess my students. One thing I do know is that using a point system does not seem to work for me. What …

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Viola, Patterson, Gray, and Boal on Reflecting on Students’ Self-Assessments of Knowledge Gained through a Program Evaluation Graduate Seminar

Leave a Comment / Assessment in Higher Education, Evaluation Use, Graduate Student and New Evaluators, Teaching of Evaluation, Theories of Evaluation / April 18, 2011

Our names are Wendy Viola, Lindsey Patterson, Mary Gray, and Ashley Boal and we are doctoral students in the Applied Social and Community Psychology program at Portland State University.  This winter, we took a course in Program Evaluation from Dr. Katherine McDonald.  We’d like to share three aspects of the seminar that we felt made …

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Susan Kistler on Thinking Evaluatively in Your Everyday Life

1 Comment / Uncategorized / April 23, 2011

Good afternoon! Susan Kistler here, AEA’s Executive Director and regular Saturday contributor.  I’m posting a little later in the day than usual for those who receive aea365 in real time. Why? On Friday, my husband and I finally completed the purchase of a small cottage in Provincetown on Cape Cod. We’ve been looking for a …

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EPE TIG Week: Annelise Carleton-Hug on Greening Your Evaluation Practice

1 Comment / Environmental Program Evaluation, Independent Consulting / September 1, 2011

I’m Annelise Carleton-Hug, principal evaluator of Trillium Associates, a small evaluation company with a focus on environmental program evaluation. I’m also the Chair of the Environmental Program Evaluation TIG and I invite you to learn more about our TIG by visiting the EPE TIG website. Hot Tip: Consider this aea365 post a conversation starter that …

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