Evaluation roots : a wider perspective of theorists' views and influences / editor, Marvin C. Alkin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Introduction. Comparing Evaluation Points of View / Marvin C. Alkin ; An Evaluation Theory Tree / Christina A. Christie and Marvin C. Alkin. Part II: Methods. Donald Campbell: The Accidental Evaluator / William R. Shadish and Jason K. Luellen ; Roots, Cahoots, and Counsel / Robert F. Boruch ; Causal Generalization: How Campbell and Cronbach Influenced My Theoretical Thinking on This Topic / Thomas D. Cook ; The Educative Evaluator: An Interpretation of Lee J. Cronbach's Vision of Evaluation / Jennifer C. Greene ; My Views of Evaluation and Their Origins / Peter H. Rossi ; The Roots and Growth of Theory-Driven Evaluation: An Integrated Perspective for Assessing Viability, Effectuality, and Transferability / Huey T. Chen ; Rooting for Evaluation: Digging Into Beliefs / Carol Hirschon Weiss ; Multiple Routes: Evaluation, Assisted Sensemaking, and Pathways to Betterment / Melvin M. Mark and Gary T. Henry ; Ralph W. Tyler's Contribution to Program Evaluation / George F. Madaus. Part III: Valuing. Conceptual Revolutions in Evaluation: Past, Present, and Future / Michael Scriven ; Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation in Education / H.M. Levin ; Responsive Evaluation IV / Robert E. Stake ; Work Memoir--Ideas and Influences / Ernest R. House ; Making the World a Better Place Through Evaluation / Jennifer C. Greene ; The Roots of Fourth Generation Evaluation: Theoretical and Methodological Origins / Yvonna S. Lincoln and Egon G. Guba ; Social Transformation and Evaluation / Donna M. Mertens. Part IV: Use. The CIPP Evaluation Model: Status, Origin, Development, Use, Theory / Daniel L. Stufflebeam ; Using Evaluation to Improve Program Performance and Results / Joseph S. Wholey ; Evaluation Purposes, Perspectives, and Practice / Eleanor Chelimsky ; Context-Sensitive Evaluation / Marvin C. Alkin ; The Roots of Utilization-Focused Evaluation / Michael Quinn Patton ; Empowerment Evaluation: Learning to Think Like an Evaluator / David M. Fetterman ; The Transformational Power of Evaluation: Passion, Purpose, and Practice / Hallie Preskill ; Getting People Involved: The Origin of Interactive Evaluation Practice / Jean A. King ; Privileging Empiricism in Our Profession: Understanding Use Through Systematic Inquiry / J. Bradley Cousins. Part V: Evaluation Roots: A Wider Perspective. A European Evaluation Theory Tree / Nicoletta Stame ; Australian and New Zealand Evaluation Theorists / Patricia J. Rogers and E. Jane Davidson ; Evaluation Theory: A Wider Roots Perspective / Marvin C. Alkin, Christina A. Christie, and Anne T. Vo.

"Evaluation Roots: A Wider Perspective of Theorists' Views and Influences, Second Edition, provides a contemporary examination of evaluation theories and traces their evolution. Marvin C. Alkin shows how theories are related to one another, especially in terms of how new theories build on existing ideas. The way in which these evaluation "roots" grow to form a tree helps provide readers with a better understanding of evaluation theory. In addition to the editor's overview, the book contains essays by leading evaluation theorists that describe the evaluators' personal theories and how they were developed."--Publisher's website.

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