What Is This Thing Called Evaluation Theory?
Background: Evaluation theory has and continues to play an important role in the practice and profession of evaluation. Over the years, and as the range of evaluation theories has continued to grow, evaluation scholars and practitioners have developed various visualized classification frameworks of...
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Background: Evaluation theory has and continues to play an important role in the practice and profession of evaluation. Over the years, and as the range of evaluation theories has continued to grow, evaluation scholars and practitioners have developed various visualized classification frameworks of evaluation theory, invoking images such as trees, rivers, the periodic table, metro maps, concept maps, and most recently gardens.
Purpose: The purpose of this special issue is to explore different visualizations of evaluation theory and to discuss their benefits and implications for the practice and profession of evaluation.
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| spelling | doaj.art-6414c0f67cb44fd8ac7d45f96d503e942025-01-02T22:26:16ZengThe Evaluation Center at Western Michigan UniversityJournal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation1556-81802024-08-01204810.56645/jmde.v20i48.1037What Is This Thing Called Evaluation Theory?Sebastian Lemire0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4079-3247Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8566-0347Christina Christie2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2842-5006Abt GlobalUniversity of ConnecticutUniversity of California, Los Angeles Background: Evaluation theory has and continues to play an important role in the practice and profession of evaluation. Over the years, and as the range of evaluation theories has continued to grow, evaluation scholars and practitioners have developed various visualized classification frameworks of evaluation theory, invoking images such as trees, rivers, the periodic table, metro maps, concept maps, and most recently gardens. Purpose: The purpose of this special issue is to explore different visualizations of evaluation theory and to discuss their benefits and implications for the practice and profession of evaluation. Setting: Not applicable. Intervention: Not applicable. Research Design: Not applicable. Data Collection and Analysis: Not applicable. Findings: Not applicable. https://journals.sfu.ca/jmde/index.php/jmde_1/article/view/1037evaluation theorydata visualizationresearch on evaluationteaching evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Sebastian Lemire Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead Christina Christie What Is This Thing Called Evaluation Theory? Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation evaluation theory data visualization research on evaluation teaching evaluation |
| title | What Is This Thing Called Evaluation Theory? |
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| title_short | What Is This Thing Called Evaluation Theory? |
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| topic | evaluation theory data visualization research on evaluation teaching evaluation |
| url | https://journals.sfu.ca/jmde/index.php/jmde_1/article/view/1037 |
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