| 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:
Epistemological Distinctions and Values in the Evaluation Process: A Reflective Analysis on the Quality Standards of Truth, Beauty, and Justice Using Findings From an Actual Evaluation Study |
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Roundtable Presentation 793 to be held in SAN JACINTO on Saturday, Nov 13, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Theories of Evaluation TIG
and the Teaching of Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| Sarah Wilkey, Oklahoma State University, sarah.wilkey@okstate.edu
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| Zarrina Azizova, Oklahoma State University, zarrina.azizova@okstate.edu
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| Zhanna Shatrova, Oklahoma State University, zhanna.shatrova@okstate.edu
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| Katye Perry, Oklahoma State University, katye.perry@okstate.edu
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| Abstract:
The purpose of this session is to emphasize the pedagogical importance of epistemological discussions in evaluation courses in order prepare students to think reflectively regarding issues of quality in evaluation practices. During this roundtable discussion, we will use as an example a completed evaluation of a staffing program in Family and Graduate Student Housing at Oklahoma State University. We will discuss how the process of formulating and completing each step of the evaluation, to include finding a project (or a project ‘finding’ an evaluator), determining the evaluation methodology, interpreting the findings, and presenting the results, can be different depending on the evaluator’s epistemology. Further, we will discuss how epistemology affects the interpretation of the different standards presented by House (1980)—truth, beauty, and justice—throughout the evaluation process.
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| Roundtable Rotation II:
Evaluation in Late Victorian Literature |
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Roundtable Presentation 793 to be held in SAN JACINTO on Saturday, Nov 13, 10:55 AM to 12:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Theories of Evaluation TIG
and the Teaching of Evaluation TIG
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| Presenter(s):
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| David D Williams, Brigham Young University, david_williams@byu.edu
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| Abstract:
Evalutors are committed to ensuring quality through adherence to various formal evaluation standards, which have evolved from social science disciplines. In contrast, what might humanities and understanding informal evaluations contribute to evaluation theory, practice and quality? This presentation examines evaluations portrayed in late-Victorian literature to identify informal approaches to establishing credibility. Through analyses of books by Dickens, Hardy, Chopin and others, we learned that some literary characters’ criteria and decision methods lead to problematic evaluations that serve as foils for promoting the choices of other characters. These classic stories invite readers to learn from characters’ evaluation experiences and improve their own informal evaluations. In this presentation we share literary examples that lead us to conclude that understanding informal evaluation lessons taught through literature could help formal evaluators extend stakeholders’ positive informal evaluations, while countering their poor informal evaluation choices, thus improving formal evaluation quality through better informal evaluations.
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