Chapter 2 & Reading Flashcards
According to your text, what are the four major paradigms that provide a useful structure for examining different worldviews that are functioning in today’s evaluation world?
A. postpositivist, constructivist, transformative, and pragmatic
B. symbolic, methodological, relativist, and pragmatic
C. postpositivist, cognitive, behaviorist and transformative
D. constructivist, pragmatic, liberal, and conservative
A. postpsitivist, constructivist, transformative, and pragmatic
According to Scriven, merit is roughly equivalent to _____, and worth is roughly equivalent to ______.
A. value-or-cost-effectiveness; quality
B. quality; value-or-cost-effectiveness
C. truth; quality
D. quality; truth
B
The Transformative paradigm primarily focuses on what branch in evaluation? A. Methods B. Social Justice C. Values D. Use
B
An evaluator should only focus on the evaluation process, data, and program outcomes, not on limited resources or power imbalances.
A. True
B. False
B
Which evaluation branch is associated with an evaluator as a relationship builder based on trust and cultural respect? A. Method B. Use C. Values D. Social Justice
D
The constructivist paradigm focuses mainly on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and the postpositivist paradigm focuses on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. A. Use, Social Justice B. Methods, Values C. Values, Methods D. Use, Methods
C
The Pragmatic paradigm in evaluation primarily focuses on: A. Qualitative methods B. Viewpoints of marginalized groups C. Quantitative designs and data D. Utility and mixed methods
D
Axiology is one of the four sets of philosophical assumptions in paradigms. What does the guiding question of axiology focus on? A. The nature of reality B. The nature of knowledge C. The nature of ethics D. The nature of evaluation
C
Evaluation conclusions can be expressed in terms of:
A. methodology, outcomes, and impact
B. Prediction, methodology, and description
C. Grading, scoring, apportioning, and ranking
D. standardizing, predicting, and improvement
C
Which philosophical assumption would you be dealing with if you felt compelled to turn in a fellow student because you knew that she bought her final research paper off of the internet?
Epistemological
Ontological
Axiological (because this situation is an ethical situation)
Constructivist
Axiological (because this situation is an ethical situation)
Postpositivists believe that there is/are _______ reality and that reality/those realities ___________.
one, can be known within a certain level of probability
one, can be known with certainty
more than one, can only be known by an individual
more than one, can be known with certainty
One, can be known within a certain level of probability
The constructivist paradigm focuses mainly on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and the postpositivist paradigm focuses on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. Use, Social Justice Methods, Values Values, Methods Use, Methods
Values, methods
According to Shadish (1991), evaluation theories should meet the following criteria
Knowledge, use, valuing, practice, and social programming
Planning, design, use, and explaining
Measurement, utility, value, and social programming
Both A and B
Both A and B
Stufflebeam and Shinkfield (2007) include the following six components in program evaluation theory: overall coherence, core concepts, tested hypotheses on how evaluation procedures produce desired outcomes, workable procedures, ethical requirements, and a general framework for guiding program evaluation practice and conducting research on program evaluation.
True
False
True
The evaluator’s primary role for the method branch of evaluation is which of the following?
evaluator as objective neutral party
communicator who engages in meaningful dialogue
social relations manager to facilitate use
relationship builder based on trust and cultural respect, and investigates structural inequalities
Evaluator as a neutral party
