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IPT 661 Notes: 4-27-2010

By Jared Stein | Published: April 27, 2010
http://www.byuipt.net/wests/rick/teaching/program-evaluation/ evaluation asks you to apply your skill set to a number of situations Goals * Understand eval foundations, issues, and approaches * Acquire some practical strategies * Complete an actual evaluation successfully In 2 months we will have an eval done. Cool, but would prefer to try one on my own for the full [...]
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Five Questions for Institutions/Organizations

By Jared Stein | Published: February 23, 2010
Jon focused us on these 5 questions in the context of higher ed: 1. Who do we serve? What do they do? Students, employers, society, ourselves/board (perpetuate institution) Student prepare for future life, define direction; learns, obtains skills, experiences, connections, Employ students, influence objectives/curriculum/shape outcomes Society sets standards, expectations, provides pathways that accommodate successful students [...]
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Revisiting Bloom’s 2 Sigma Problem

By Jared Stein | Published: January 10, 2010
Bloom, B. (1984). “The 2 Sigma Problem: The Search for Methods of Group Instruction as Effective as One-to-One Tutoring,” Educational Researcher, 13:6(4-16). Bloom’s 2 sigma problem confronts educators and researchers with the challenge of improving student performance/learning outcomes by 2 sigma based on a combination of 2 or 3 significant variables in instruction, learner, environment, [...]
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Sfard’s “On Two Metaphors for Learning and the Dangers of Choosing Just One”

By Jared Stein | Published: June 30, 2009
Sfard, A. (1998). On Two Metaphors for Learning and the Dangers of Choosing Just One. Educational researcher, 27(2), 4-13. Sfard explains how one’s choice of linguistic signifiers for teaching and learning may reflect, reveal, or even influence one’s thinking about education. The most prevalent of the two metaphors is the acquisition metaphor (AM). Recent discussion [...]
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