What is Evaluation

Is the act of considering, judging and deciding on a Website. Learn more in: Quality of Health Web Sites: Dimensions for a Broad Evaluation Methodology

The development and implementation of a plan to assess a program in a systematic way through quantitative and qualitative measures, and the use of that information to improve the program. This involves collecting information about a prototype resource that will help in its development and ensure it works effectively and also collecting information at the end of the developmental phase to estimate the success and quality of the resulting resource. Learn more in: Theories and Principles for E-Learning Practices with Instructional Design

An assessment that compares the measured quality to one or more standards to support judgement of competency or other decisions. Learn more in: Adult Learner-Centered and Scalable Online Competency-Based Education

To determine the merit, worth, or value of something, or the product of that process (Scriven, 1991). Learn more in: Electronic Test Management Systems and Hospital Pathology Laboratory Services

Evaluation is the act of measuring or exploring properties of HIS (in planning, development, implementation, or operation), the result of which informs a decision to be made concerning that system in a specific context. Contrarily to continuous data collection, evaluation studies are carried out to answer special questions, usually in form of a project with a clear time limit. When possible, for such studies the same criteria and methods as for clinical trials should be applied. Learn more in: Monitoring and Controlling of Healthcare Information Systems (HIS)

A judgement of the relative strengths and weaknesses of something. Learn more in: Using Talking Books to Support Early Reading Development

Is a process of assessing a particular educational process. Learn more in: Tanzania Textbooks, Curriculum and Politics: A Documentary Analysis

Evaluation is a term used to denote the value, performance of something/someone based on specific criteria. Learn more in: Overcoming Complacency Through Quality Intelligence in Greek Higher Education: The Critical Role of Academic Leadership

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Process of ensuring that a proposed solution or algorithm is efficient and its final outcome is exactly what expected and described. Learn more in: Teaching Computational Thinking Unplugged: A Review of Tools and Methodologies

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The process of reflecting on the results of assessment to make important decisions using the results. Learn more in: Equitable Assessment Practices

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The process of responding to, and assigning value to, a piece of student work. Learn more in: Challenging Evaluation: The Complexity of Grading Writing in Hybrid MOOCs

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Determining the impact of a specific program, tool or activity. Learn more in: Measuring and Evaluating ICT Use: Developing an Instrument for Measuring Student ICT Use

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The systematic determination of merit, worth, and significance of something or someone. Evaluation often is used to characterize and appraise subjects of interest in a wide range of human enterprises. (Retrieved October 09, 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaluation). Learn more in: Questions for the Student Evaluation of Distance Courses

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The systematic gathering of information for purposes of decision making. Evaluation may use quantitative methods (e.g. tests), qualitative methods (e.g. observations, ratings), and value judgments. In language program evaluation, evaluation is related to decisions about the quality of the program itself and decisions about individuals in the program ( Richards & Schmidt, 2002 , p. 188). Learn more in: The Impact of a Learning Management System on Student Evaluation of Teaching: The Difference between Pre- and In-Service EFL Teachers

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Activity in which a certain characteristic is observed and verified against. Learn more in: User-Centred Design and Evaluation of Information Architecture for Information Systems

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A critical thinking process in which a student evaluates the quality, sufficiency, or accuracy of an idea, hypothesis, or claim. Evaluation statements may be accompanied by evidence or may be made without supporting evidence. Evidence-based evaluations are considered a critical process for critical thinking. Learn more in: Dino Lab: Designing and Developing an Educational Game for Critical Thinking

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It defines the stage at which the developed products are made available. Learn more in: How Is Motivation Located in the Instructional Design Process?

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The process of judging the quality, importance, or value of a recommender system. Learn more in: Recommender Systems in Healthcare: Towards Practical implementation of Real-Time Recommendations to Meet the Needs of Modern Caregiving

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Ascribing value, worth, or merit to the information collected through steps taken in measurement or testing. Learn more in: Self- and Peer-Assessments in the Iranian Context: A Systematic Review

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Ability to recognize and determine the scope of processes, in terms of efficiency and use of resources. Learn more in: Personalized Education for a Programming Course in Higher Education

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Method for assessing and measuring the performance of a text-entry system in terms of either usability or technical performance. Learn more in: Text Entry

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The systematic acquisition and assessment of information using an overarching perspective to provide useful feedback about some sort of object/subject. Learn more in: A Theoretical Model of Observed Health Benefits of PACS Implementation

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Is the task of judge and assessing if the predictions generated by a classification or recommendation algorithm scores on the target value. Learn more in: Classification and Recommendation With Data Streams

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The process of assessing user-interface (UI) software for its ability to support users’ success and satisfaction in meeting their goals; not simply a matter of asking what the user likes and dislikes, but a process of collecting and analyzing human performance data (e.g., accuracy, task-completion times) and ratings of user satisfaction with the “look and feel” of the user interface; results of evaluation inform development of recommendations to improve the UI design. Learn more in: Usability Engineering of User-Centered Web Sites

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An assessment of learning. The value or grade assigned to an assessment activity. Learn more in: Effective Feedback in Online Learning

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This term refers to the assessment or judgement of worth of any government intervention to ascertain whether it realized the objectives it set out to achieve. Learn more in: Monitoring and Evaluation Leadership Through Technology: The South African Public-Sector Perspective

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A process of judging and determining value or worth. Learn more in: Culturally Responsive Program Evaluations

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In Bloom’s taxonomy, higher order thinking where a student can look for multiple correct answers and determine value. Learn more in: A Case Study of Instructional Delivery Formats

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Can be simply defined as revealing the writer's stance towards the reader or the information in the text. Learn more in: Identity Formation in Second Language Writing: Models of Metadiscourse

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Is a process that critically examines a program. It involves collecting and analyzing information about a program's activities, characteristics, and outcomes. Its purpose is to make judgments about a program, to improve its effectiveness, and/or to inform programming decisions. Learn more in: Enriching the Lives of High School Teenagers With Science Cafés

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Specific reviews designed to examine the overall performance of an initiative (programme, project). While its scope may vary, its core should be setting out, obtaining or calculating the outcomes of the initiative and considering their economy, effectiveness and efficiency, but it usually covers a much wider range of issues including the appropriateness and achievement of output objectives as well. It may be carried out before, during or after the programme or project has been completed (usually known as ex ante, mid-term or ex post). Learn more in: Management of Strategic Knowledge and Technology in Government Agencies for Public Value

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The process of observing and measuring a thing for the purpose of judging it and of determining its “value,” either by comparison to similar things, or to a standard. Learn more in: Engaging Students' Learning in the Built Environment Through Active Learning

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To assess the effectiveness of something according to pre-existing criteria. Learn more in: Open Source E-Learning Systems: Evaluation of Features and Functionality

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Examining the content, processes, impact and outcomes of on-line courses in order improve the course quality. Learn more in: Online Learning and Quality Practice With Administrative Support and Collaboration

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The systematic acquisition and assessment of information using an overarching perspective to provide useful feedback about some sort of object/subject. Learn more in: PACS Contribution to Hospital Strategy via Improved Workflow

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The process of assessment using specific criteria/standards. Learn more in: Quality Management in Primary Dental Care: Methods and Challenges

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Is a systematic determination of a subject's merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards. It can assist an organization to assess any aim, realisable concept or proposal, or any alternative, to help in decision-making; or to ascertain the degree of achievement or value in regard to the aim and objectives and results of any such action that has been completed. Learn more in: Data Guided Public Healthcare Decision Making

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The systematic determination of merit, worth, and significance of some object (Stufflebeam, as cited by Fowler, 2000 ). Learn more in: Components of a Distance Education Evaluation System

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It is an important step in planning the early intervention process and determining the path to follow. Learn more in: Early Intervention in Child Development

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The assessment of the effectiveness of service delivery and the identification of obstacles or barriers to service delivery. Some means of evaluation include understanding the perceptions of improvement in the organization in the manner in which it formalizes knowledge processes, knowledge structures and underlying systems. These in turn will affect operations, products or services delivered. Another means of evaluation of the effectiveness of a KM strategy is through establishing increased awareness and participation in that strategy. The Balance Scorecard (Kaplan & Norton, 1996) is a technique that considers these human issues. Learn more in: Governance of Knowledge Management

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An overall judgment and decision-making expression about an evaluee, based on an organised set of data, composed through an observation procedure. Evaluation includes assessment as a practical step of the evaluative procedure. Learn more in: Alternative Evaluation as a Means of Inclusion: The Case of the Public Greek Educational System

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Includes examining the content, processes, impact and outcomes of a on-line course in order improve the course quality. Learn more in: Assuring Quality in Online Course Delivery

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The systematic determination of the merit or worth of an object. Learn more in: Evaluating Computer-Supported Learning Initiatives

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The assessment of an alternative. Learn more in: Promethee: A Tool for Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis

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Process of measuring the result of some intervention. Learn more in: Appropriateness of Standard Accounting Tools in Measuring Social Innovation in the New Global Economy

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Refers to the systematic review of a process or initiative to determine areas for future improvement. Learn more in: Improving Experiential Learning in the Online Environment

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The activity of assessing the quality of a system or the data it contains. Learn more in: A Data Quality Model for Web Portals

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The systematic determination of the merit or worth of an object. Learn more in: Improving Evaluations in Computer-Supported Learning Projects

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There are three evaluation phases. A formative evaluation occurs during the design and development of an intervention where the focus is to improve its input-process-output before it is implemented. A summative evaluation occurs during the intervention to determine how well the program did to close the immediate reaction, learning, and application gaps defined by program objectives for each of these program evaluation levels. A confirmative evaluation occurs after the intervention to determine how well the program did to close the lagging impact results gap and achieve the desired ROI efficiency objective. This last evaluation phase also recommends improvements to the program evaluated so decision-makers can act to address program shortcomings and improve program processes. Learn more in: Evaluating the Impact and ROI of Medical Education Programs

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A way to measure the effectiveness. Learn more in: Assessment and Paradigms

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The use of assessment data to determine whether goals are being met. Learn more in: Multi-Tier Design Assessment in the Development of Complex Organizational Systems

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A systematic assessment of the merits of a particular initiative. Learn more in: Marketing an Environmentally Sustainable Catering Model: A Case Study of Medley Hall Residential College in Victoria, Australia

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The systematic determination of merit, worth, and significance of some object (Stufflebeam, as cited by Fowler, 2000 ). Learn more in: Developing an Effective Online Evaluation System

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An applied research form that provides information on the value or quality of a program or policy. Program evaluation involves a process of systematic description of elements and outcomes of a service or intervention. Learn more in: Program Development, Assessment, and Evaluation in Early Childhood Care and Education

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The process of reviewing collected evidence and making a judgment about whether students have learned what they need to learn and how well they have learned it. Evaluation is used to tell students how well they have performed as compared to a set of standards. Typically, evaluative feedback is encoded: that is, it is reported using numbers, letters, checkmarks, and so on. Learn more in: Enhancing Students' Critical Thinking through Portfolios: Portfolio Content and Process of Use

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“[T]he systematic collection of information about the activities, characteristics, and outcomes of programs for use by specific people to make judgments about the program, improve program effectiveness, and/or inform decisions about future programming” (Patton, 1997, p. 23). Learn more in: An Integrated Evaluation Approach for E-Learning Systems in Career and Technical Education

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A systematic determination of a subject’s merit, worth and significance, using criteria governed by a set of standards. It can assist an organization, program, project or any other intervention or initiative to assess any aim, realisable concept/proposal, or any alternative, to help in decision-making; or to ascertain the degree of achievement or value in regard to the aim and objectives and results of any such action that has been completed. The primary purpose of evaluation, in addition to gaining insight into prior or existing initiatives, is to enable reflection and assist in the identification of future change. Learn more in: Teachers' Portfolios: A Reflective Tool towards Professional Development

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Includes examining the content, processes, impact and outcomes of on-line courses in order improve the course quality. Learn more in: Quality Online Learning in Higher Education

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A retrospective assessment of public-sector interventions, their organization, content, implementation and outputs or outcomes, which is intended to play a role in future practical situations. Learn more in: The Fifth Evaluation Wave: Are We Ready to Co-Evaluate?

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Judging merit or worth by comparing what is to what should be. Learn more in: Applying Evaluation to Information Science and Technology

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Systematic process of collecting, analysing, and interpreting information. In this chapter the evaluation is related with evaluation of framework whose purpose the measure the final quality of environment based on some quality criteria. Learn more in: Learning Analytics in the Monitoring of Learning Processes: 3D Educational Collaborative Virtual Environments

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action of determining how a particular system behaves using criteria against a set of standards Learn more in: Evaluating the Context Aware Browser: A Benchmark for Proactive, Mobile, and Contextual Web Search

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A process of making value judgement about the worth of the student’s product or performance. Learn more in: Enhancing Quality Teacher Education Programs in Developing Countries

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A process in which designers of learning activities and artifacts focus on what works in a very applied situation and seeks to discern whether a system does what it was designed to do in an effective and efficient manner. Learn more in: A Framework for Assessing Technology-Assisted Learning Outcomes

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Subjective and qualitative assessment of an investment opportunity. Learn more in: Investing in Open Source Software Companies: Deal Making from a Venture Capitalist's Perspective

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A review of the individual or group goals. Learn more in: Developing Culturally-Affirming School Counselors: The SAGE Peer Consultation Model

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An ongoing activity executed throughout the development or procurement process, where a mobile business application is evaluated, either as a prototype or as a finished product. Ideally this is conducted with typical end-users, to ensure it integrates in a usable manner with their existing working practices. Learn more in: Human Factors for Business Mobile Systems

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The activities intended to assess the value, worth or benefits of a pilot, trial or intervention in the light of the values and aims, perhaps only tacit or vague, of stakeholders such as policy-makers, funders, managers, developers, teachers ..... and hopefully learners and their communities. Learn more in: Mobile Learning in a Social, Ethical, and Legal Environment

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A systematic determination of a subject’s acquisition of knowledge, using criteria governed by a set of standards. Learn more in: Re-Thinking Evaluation in the Era of Neuroscience

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This is the process of gathering and observing evidence in order to gauge the impacts and effectiveness of a program or process. Learn more in: Evaluating Distance Education

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A process for gathering information about a thing for the purposes of making decisions. Learn more in: Early, Often, and Repeat: Assessment and Evaluation Methodology for Ensuring Stakeholder Satisfaction with Information Technology Projects

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A reader’s assessment of a written text. Learn more in: Engaging Teachers With Students: Reaching Reluctant and Struggling Readers

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Both qualitative descriptions of pupil behaviour plus value judgments concerning the desirability of that behaviour. Using collected information (assessments) to make informed decisions about continued instruction, programmes, and activities. Learn more in: Environmental Sciences and Distance Education

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the collection and processing of data to facilitate decision making Learn more in: The MORE Model for Faculty Development

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Equally worthy noting are the five steps in the process of intelligence building which include: direction, collection, processing, dissemination as well as continuous review and evaluation. Learn more in: Organizational Intelligence Scale for Business Organizations in Chaotic Situations

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A process of assessing assets and liabilities of an individual objectively to the extent possible. Learn more in: Vocational Rehabilitation of Persons With Hearing Impairment: A Step Towards Inclusive Development

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The process by which the value of instruction, training, product, etc. is measured. Learn more in: Infection Prevention and Control Training-Design of a Workbook Prototype

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“Systematic assessment of an object’s merit, worth, probity, feasibility, safety, significance, and/or equity” (Stufflebeam & Shinkfield, 2007, p. 13). Learn more in: Evaluation of Master's Programs in English Language Teaching (ELT): A Turkish Case of Professional Development

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Refers to the process of comparing or measuring a unit, course, program or other elements of e-learning against some set of performance or outcome criteria. Learn more in: Evaluation Methods for E-Learning Applications in Terms of User Satisfaction and Interface Usability

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The process used to determine whether the design and delivery of a program were effective and whether the proposed outcomes were met. This process is done throughout the program planning and implementation processes to ensure the program is working according to plan. Learn more in: A Program Planning and Evaluation Model for Training Teacher Educators on the Use of Technology in the Classroom

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See above definition of assessment. In this chapter, the terms assessment and evaluation are used interchangeably Learn more in: Using Technology in the Assessment of Adult Learners in Online Settings

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The process of finding out the impact or outcome of an activity at the end of it. Learn more in: Arrangements for Online Engagements of Distance Learners in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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This is a set of procedures designed to measure or account for changes in learning or performance. Learn more in: Education of Ethics of Science and Technology Across Cultures

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