Building Evaluation Capacity: Activities for Teaching and Training

By Hallie S Preskill, Darlene F Russ-Eft, Darlene Russ-Eft

The Second Edition of Building Evaluation Capacity provides 89 highly structured activities which require minimal instructor preparation and encourage application-based learning of how to design and conduct evaluation studies. Ideal for use in program evaluation courses, professional development workshops, and organization stakeholder trainings, the activities cover the entire process of evaluation, including: understanding what evaluation is; the politics and ethics; the influence of culture; various models, approaches and designs; data collection and analysis methods; communicating and reporting progress and findings; and building and sustaining support. Each activity includes an overview, instructional objectives, minimum and maximum number of participants, range of time required, materials needed, primary instructional method, and procedures for facilitators to help learners in the most common evaluation practices.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483334325
• ISBN13: 9781483334325
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.9"