AEA365 – Page 506 – A Tip-a-Day by and for Evaluators

DOVP Week: Mary Moriarty on Planning and Implementing Disability-based Evaluations

2 Comments / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations / August 6, 2010 July 21, 2010

I’m Mary Moriarty, independent consultant and evaluator with Picker Engineering Program at Smith College. For 10 years I have specialized in evaluation of programs that serve underrepresented populations, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). I previously directed several programs focused on increasing representation of individuals with disabilities in STEM. I now realize the …

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DOVP Week: Aimee Sickels on the Two Minute Logic Model

My name is Aimee Sickels and I am the Principal Evaluator and owner of Custom Evaluation Services, an independent evaluation consulting business. I am also currently working on a Ph.D. in Social Work at the University of South Carolina. My helpful hint relates to the use of logic models. I am an empowerment evaluator and believe that …

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DOVP Week: Gordon Bonham on the Benefits of Using Interviewers with Disabilities

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations / August 4, 2010 September 5, 2010

Hello, I am Gordon Bonham, owner of Bonham Research, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. Measuring the quality of life of people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (ID/DD) presents a number of challenges. Lessons Learned: Although it is generally assumed that self response is better than proxy response when people have the ability to respond for themselves, …

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DOVP Week: David Merves on Technology Issues in Special Education

Leave a Comment / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / August 3, 2010 July 21, 2010

My name is David Merves and I work for Evergreen Educational Consulting LLC (EEC), an evaluation consulting firm. A part of our practice involves evaluating federally funded, Special Education grants and programs that are intended to improve education and services for children and youth at risk of school failure or in need of special education (e.g., IDEA, …

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DOVP Week: June Gothberg on Keeping it Simple and Intuitive

Leave a Comment / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations / August 2, 2010 July 21, 2010

Greetings, I am June Gothberg, the State Technical Assistance Coordinator for the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC). I am also co-chair of AEA’s Disabilities and Other Vulnerable Populations TIG (DOVP). As we worked together on this week’s AEA365 blog, we wanted bring you practical resources, hints, and tricks for including people with disabilities …

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DOVP Week: JS Sulewski on Using Universal Design to Make Evaluations Inclusive

2 Comments / Disabilities and Underrepresented Populations / August 1, 2010 September 16, 2010

My name is Jennifer Sullivan Sulewski and I am a Research Associate at the Institute for Community Inclusion (ICI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston. At ICI I have worked on a variety of research and evaluation projects related to services and supports for people with disabilities. I currently am most involved with Work Without …

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Susan Kistler on Finding a Great Font to Improve Evaluation Reports and Presentations

5 Comments / Data Visualization and Reporting / July 31, 2010 April 20, 2011

I am American Evaluation Association Executive Director Susan Kistler and I contribute each Saturday’s aea365 post. I have a dirty little secret – I’m obsessed with fonts! Stephanie Evergreen recently gave a great AEA Coffee Break Webinar on Graphic Design for Evaluators (she’ll also be expanding on this topic at AEA’s Annual Conference this November). …

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Kathleen Norris on Using Simile and Metaphor to Engage in Evaluation

3 Comments / Arts, Culture, and Museums / July 30, 2010 July 13, 2010

My name is Kathleen Norris and I am an Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator within the doctoral program in Learning, Leadership, and Community at Plymouth State University. An arts organization I work with was stuck when it came to program evaluation. They wanted it, knew they should have it, but didn’t know how to begin. …

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Marijata Daniel-Echols on Working With Program Partners

Leave a Comment / Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / July 29, 2010 July 13, 2010

My name is Marijata Daniel-Echols. I am Director of Research at the HighScope Educational Research Foundation. HighScope is best known for our work in preschool curriculum development and for the Perry Preschool Study. Our Research Department conducts evaluations of early childhood programs (e.g. state funded preschool initiatives) and general research on early childhood theory and …

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Andrea Velasquez on Using the TPACK Framework for Evaluating Tech-Mediated Instruction

1 Comment / Assessment in Higher Education, Distance Education and Other Educational Technologies, Prek-12 Educational Evaluation / July 28, 2010 August 4, 2010

My name is Andrea Velasquez, and I am a doctoral student at Brigham Young University. For the last four years, I have been an instructor of an undergraduate class that teaches pre-service teachers how to use technology effectively in elementary and secondary education settings. One of the principal frameworks that we use to teach pre-service …

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