| In a 90 minute Roundtable session, the first
rotation uses the first 45 minutes and the second rotation uses the last 45 minutes.
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| Roundtable Rotation I:
Issues, Challenges and Solutions of Evaluating International Scholars/Participants Training in the United States |
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Roundtable Presentation 527 to be held in the Slate Room on Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
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Sponsored by the Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG
and the International and Cross-cultural Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Deborah Oh,
California State University at Los Angeles,
doh2@calstatela.edu
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| Abstract:
Twenty-six (26) university senior administrators from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies completed the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies Senior Administrators Training Program, a comprehensive institute at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA). The scope of this three week institute held from July 30, 2007 to August 18, 2007 was two-fold: focused training on various topics, conducted primarily by faculty at CSULA, and fieldwork visits to various university campuses here in Southern California and in the East Coast, thereby featuring a hands-on intensive orientation, and familiarization of current organizational structures and governance, curriculum, student affairs, development, infrastructure support, and partnerships of institutions of higher learning in the US. The issues and challenges and possible solutions related to evaluating participants in a cultural sensitive manner, namely, the manner in which the surveys were conducted, the survey results are understood, and the manner in which the surveys uncovered unanticipated answers which were not part of the program or evaluation design will be discussed.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Evaluating the Impacts of Bolsa Escola Programs on Student Performance in Brazil |
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Roundtable Presentation 527 to be held in the Slate Room on Friday, Nov 7, 9:15 AM to 10:45 AM
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Sponsored by the Multiethnic Issues in Evaluation TIG
and the International and Cross-cultural Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Amy Lora,
Florida International University,
alora001@fiu.edu
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| Abbas Tashakkori,
Florida International University,
tashakko@fiu.edu
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| Abstract:
Beginning in 1997, conditional cash transfer programs started throughout Brazil, giving children the opportunity to choose school over work. Currently, these programs (known as Bolsa Escola) support over eight million children through the distribution of R$127.2 million to 5,512 municipalities per month. Thus far, evaluations and investigations of Bolsa Escola programs have focused on enrollment, attendance, and dropout rates, indicating that the programs have been largely successful in achieving these goals. However, studies have largely neglected to investigate, or have failed to demonstrate, impacts on students' academic performance. This paper presents the results of an evaluation project, examining the possible effects of the program on student performance in Mathematics and Language Arts in grades 4 and 8.
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