Whether developing questions for questionnaires or interviews or focus groups, there are certain guidelines that help to ensure that respondents provide information that is useful and can later be analyzed. This resource offers advice on developing questions for interviews or focus groups. It contains basics conducting the interviews, providing directions to respondents as well as guidelines for composing ... Full description.

This is a checklist to help users critically view web pages and determine if they are appropriate to use based on content and the grade level being taught. Included are questions about the reliability, scope, format, and cost and accessibility of the web site in question. Full description.

This is a short, but easy to read matrix of assessment techniques, outlining descriptions, what to do with the data, and the time required for each type of assessment. The techniques included are the minute paper, chain notes, memory matrix, directed paraphrasing, one sentence summary, exam evaluations, application cards, and student-generated test questions. Full description.

This is a checklist designed to help elementary school users critically evaluate web resources. By answering the questions in the checklist, students can then assess if the site would be a good one to use for their science research projects. There is a series of "How does it look?" questions and a series of "What did you learn?" questions that challenge students to think critically about what they ... Full description.

This is a checklist designed to help middle school users critically evaluate web resources. By answering the questions in the checklist, students can then assess if the site would be a good one to use for their science research projects. There is a series of "How does it look?" questions and a series of "What did you learn?" questions that challenge students to think critically about what they are ... Full description.

This is a checklist designed to help secondary school users critically evaluate web resources. By answering the questions in the checklist, students can then assess if the site would be a good one to use for their science research projects. There is a series of "How does it look?" questions and a series of "What did you learn?" questions that challenge students to think critically about what they ... Full description.

This paper addresses the logic of program evaluation designs. It provides a systematic approach to designing evaluations that takes into account the questions guiding a study, the constraints evaluators face in conducting it, and the information needs of its intended user. It explains the evaluation design process, types of design, and how to develop a design. It also provides an example of an evaluation. ... Full description.

This site contains a list of criteria to look for in evaluating a website critically. There are checklists for general criteria, suitability for the audience, content, timeliness, ease of use, presentation, appropriateness for digital/web format, and special characteristics of web-based media. This resource is intended for use in the classroom by novice evaluators and K-12 teachers. Full description.

This is a nicely-organized, comprehensive information page on many evaluation techniques. The site is searchable by evaluation types, which include checklists, concept maps, confidence logs, focus groups, interviews, nominal group technique, pre and post testing, questionnaires, split screen video, supplemental observation, system log data, and trials. Also discussed are ways to design experiments ... Full description.

This is a technical report from the Center for the Study of Evaluation about the integration of research and education. The authors propose the use of students' science notebooks as one possible unobtrusive method of examining some aspects of teaching quality. They conducted a study in fifth grade classrooms, analyzing notebooks according to the characteristics of the activity, quality of the student's ... Full description.