Continuum Research Methods: Evaluation Methods In Research

In a climate where the question, "Does it work?" is being asked with increasing frequency, this book will consider ways of designing research-based evaluation studies to help answer this question.

This book provides background information on the ideas and theories which underpin educational evaluation and gives practical guidance on how to plan and undertake such evaluation.

In six sections Bennett:
- Explores links between evaluation and research
- Considers a variety of models and approaches to evaluation
- Analyses models of change which have emerged from evaluation studies
- Looks at the research strategies and techniques employed in evaluation
- Considers the practicalities of planning evaluation

Ever-increasing attention is being given to the importance of evaluation of the impact of educational initiatives, both large and small in scale, and undertaken by both academic and practitioner researchers. This will be the essential guide to understanding this approach.

Contents:
- What is Educational Evaluation?
- Models and approaches in educational evaluation
- Innovation and models of change
- Research strategies and techniques for educational evaluation
- Planning and doing an evaluation
- Evaluation in practice: some examples of studies