Practicum in Evaluation

2-4 credits · Graduate

For students involved in an evaluation or assessment project as graduate student researchers or part of a practicum or apprenticeship experience. The purpose of this course is to integrate practical experiences with evaluation theory and research literatures relevant to specific evaluation questions or methods. Also provides additional instructional support to students using project data in courses, position papers, dissertations. Readings relate to evaluation topics (e.g., evaluation of professional development programs, use of student data to evaluate teaching) and discussions focus on design, methodology, and research questions of specific projects being conducted by the students.