Management | Blog Post
2015
Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned, Part I – Working with Your Evaluator
When I assumed the PI-ship of the Scenario-Based Learning Project in 2006, I had worked closely with the prior PI as the...
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None | Blog Post
2015
Gratitude for our ATE Community of Practitioners
Recently a friend posted a blog whose theme was gratitude. Reading his blog caused me to reflect on gratitude in my own...
None | Blog Post
2015
Building Effective Partnerships to Conduct Targeted Research on Student Pathways
My name is Will Tyson, associate professor of sociology at the University of South Florida. I am also principal investigator of PathTech...
Data Collection & Analysis, Planning and Design | Blog Post
2015
A Rose Isn’t as Sweet by Any Other Name: Lessons on Subject Lines for Web Surveys
Survey developers typically spend a great deal of time on the content of questionnaires. We struggle with what items to include, how...
Planning and Design | Blog Post
2015
ATE Small Project Evaluation
All ATE proposals, except for planning grants, are required to specify a budget line for an independent evaluator. But the solicitation offers...
None | Blog Post
2015
Strengthening Post Hoc Professional Development Evaluations
I am an educator; I’ve taught and worked in the field for more than 50 years. In recent years, much of my...
Data Collection & Analysis | Blog Post
2015
Look No Further! Potential Sources of Institutional Data
This blog entry is a follow-up to our article in EvaluATE’s Winter 2015 newsletter on the use of institutional data for evaluation...
Management | Blog Post
2015
Air Travel: Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty
Have you ever been surprised when you get home from a work trip and realize how much it cost? There are a...
Planning and Design | Blog Post
2015
Indicators and the Difficulty With Them
Evaluators that are working in education contexts are often required to use externally created criteria and standards, such as GPA targets, graduation...
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