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The first step is observing the reaction of those involved in the course, i.e. The students, a positive reaction may signify success while negative reactions may mean that the course will be less effective at the end. The next step is determining how much knowledge has been gathered by the students. The reaction exhibited from the students may not indicate how much they will learn thus it is important to determine this. What has been learnt will as well play a major part on the subsequent steps. The knowledge and skills acquired by the students can be observed through the change of attitudes after the teaching of the course. This leads to the next step which is determining behavior change which comes about due to the learning of the course. The last step is observing the results, which is measured by the benefits derived by the students from learning the course.
The basic reason for conducting this step-by-step procedure is to answer the questions that arise at every stage. The stages are related...
For instance, if the students did not learn then their reactions can be used to find out why the knowledge could not be improved, similarly, if there was no observable change of behavior in the students then it is possible that the necessary knowledge and skills were not acquired.
Once the evaluation has been completed the reports should be distributed to the relevant people to read it. In order to decide who to distribute the reports to, the reasons for conducting the evaluation should be revisited. Whenever lessons came up from the evaluation on how the course can be more effective the appropriate action should be taken.
References
Kirkpatrick, D.L. (1959) Evaluating Training Programs, 2nd ed., Berrett Koehler: San Francisco.
McNamara, C. (n.d.) Basic guide to program evaluation. Retrieved on June 3, 2010 from http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/3760/3760lect08.htm
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