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Evaluation Cafe 2009-10

The Evaluation Center at É«É«À² Michigan University maintains a directory of past Evaluation Cafe presentations for instructional purposes.

"Contemporary trends and movements in evaluation: Evidence-based, participatory and empowerment and theory-driven evaluation"

Date: Sept. 15, 2009
Presenter: Chris Coryn, director of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, É«É«À²

 

"RealWorld evaluation: Maximizing utility in spite of inadequate budget, time and data as well as conflicting political pressures"

Date: Sept. 24, 2009
Presenter: Jim Rugh, independent consultant

"Evaluating school mathematics, science textbooks, and classroom practice using an assessment for learning framework"

Date: Sept. 29, 2009
Presenters: Amy Bentz and Jonathan Engelman from Assessment for Learning Scholars; Steven Ziebarth, associate professor of mathematics, É«É«À²

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"(Meta)Evaluation at the International Labour Organization: Current practice, potential for improvement and prospects for in-depth study"

Date: Oct. 6, 2009
Presenters: Daniela Schroeter, director of research for The Evaluation Center; Anne Cullen, senior research associate of The Evaluation Center; and Kelly Robertson project manager of The Evaluation Center, É«É«À²

 

"Exploring a utilization-focused evaluation option: Developmental evaluation using systems thinking and complex nonlinear dynamics"

Date: Oct. 15, 2009
Presenter: Michael Quinn Patton, independent organizational development and evaluation consultant

 

"Evaluating evidence-based medicine"

Date: Oct. 20, 2009
Presenter: Cristian Gugiu, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, É«É«À²

 

"Evaluation—A quasi-profession?"

Date: Oct. 27, 2009
Presenter: Wolfgang Beywl from Berne University/Univation Cologne

 

"Documenting dependency relationships among the standards to facilitate metaevaluation"

Date: Nov. 3, 2009
Presenter: Carl Westine, doctoral associate for the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, É«É«À²

 

"Clients’ perceptions of buprenorphine versus methadone maintenance treatments"

Date: Nov. 24, 2009
Presenters: Stephen Magur, director of The Evaluation Center, É«É«À², and Awgu Ezechewcu, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, É«É«À²

"Evaluative tools for assessing quality in healthcare organizations"

Date: Dec. 1, 2009
Presenter: Stephanie Means, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, É«É«À²

 

"An epidemiologist’s perspective on some evaluation research issues"

Date: Jan. 27, 2010
Presenter: Jim Anthony, professor of epidemiology, Michigan State University

 

"The utility of clinical diagnostic reasoning in performance analysis"

Date: Feb. 2, 2010
Presenter: Nicholas Andreadis, acting dean of the Lee Honors College, É«É«À²

 

"The direction for research at É«É«À² Michigan University"

Date: Feb. 9, 2010
Presenter: Paula Kohler, associate vice president of research, É«É«À²

 

"Evaluation reports as meta-evaluation data: How much can and should written reports tell us about an evaluation’s quality?"

Date: Feb. 16, 2010
Presenter: Lori Wingate, senior research associate in The Evaluation Center, É«É«À²

 

"Nonprofits and evaluation: Internal and external accountability"

Date: Feb. 23, 2010
Presenter: Bobbe Luce, director of ONEplace, Kalamazoo Public Library

 

"An introduction to analyzing text data with MAXQDA"

Date: March 9, 2010
Presenter: Chris Coryn, director of the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, É«É«À²

 

"Evaluation of the 'Letter and Life' professional development program for teachers"

Date: March 16, 2010
Presenter: Adriana Bauer, visiting scholar in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, É«É«À²

 

"Foundation evaluation"

Date: March 23, 2010
Presenter: Teresa Behrens, editor-in-chief, The Foundation Review; and senior research associate, Community Research Institute

 

"Michigan Saves: Evaluability assessment and process evaluation of an innovative energy program"

Date: March 30, 201
Presenters: Daniela Schroeter, director of research; Anne Cullen, senior research associate; and Kelly Robertson, research associate, The Evaluation Center, É«É«À²

 

"Models to evaluate system change in community initiatives"

Date: April 6, 2010
Presenter: Margaret Richardson, student in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in evaluation program, É«É«À²

 

"Workshop: Participatory evaluation up close"

Date: April 14, 2010
Presenter: J. Bradley Cousins, professor of educational administration, University of Ottawa

 

"Racism, evaluation and research"

Date: April 20, 2010
Presenters: Kelly Robertson, research associate in The Evaluation Center, É«É«À², and Diane Rogers, Assessment for Learning Fellow, É«É«À²