A Systematic Evaluation of a Soccer Club's College Advisory Program

2015 ◽  
pp. 211-243
Author(s):  
Seung Youn (Yonnie) Chyung ◽  
Stacey E. Olachea ◽  
Colleen Olson ◽  
Ben Davis
Keyword(s):  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Advisory Program ◽  
Evaluation Team ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
External Evaluators

The College Advisory Program offered by Total Vision Soccer Club aims at providing young players with the opportunity to learn how to navigate the collegiate recruiting process, market themselves to college coaches, and increase their exposure to potential colleges and universities. A team of external evaluators (authors of this chapter) conducted a formative evaluation to determine what the program needs to do to reach its goal. By following a systemic evaluation process, the evaluation team investigated five dimensions of the program and collected data by reviewing various program materials and conducting surveys and interviews with players and their parents, upstream stakeholders, and downstream impactees. By triangulating the multiple sources of data, the team drew a conclusion that most program dimensions were rated as mediocre although the program had several strengths. The team provided evidence-based recommendations for improving the quality of the program.

A Systematic Evaluation of a Soccer Club's College Advisory Program

2019 ◽  
pp. 248-272
Author(s):  
Seung Youn (Yonnie) Chyung ◽  
Stacey E. Olachea ◽  
Colleen Olson ◽  
Ben Davis
Keyword(s):  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Advisory Program ◽  
Evaluation Team ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
External Evaluators

The College Advisory Program offered by Total Vision Soccer Club aims at providing young players with the opportunity to learn how to navigate the collegiate recruiting process, market themselves to college coaches, and increase their exposure to potential colleges and universities. A team of external evaluators (authors of this chapter) conducted a formative evaluation to determine what the program needs to do to reach its goal. By following a systemic evaluation process, the evaluation team investigated five dimensions of the program and collected data by reviewing various program materials and conducting surveys and interviews with players and their parents, upstream stakeholders, and downstream impactees. By triangulating the multiple sources of data, the team drew a conclusion that most program dimensions were rated as mediocre although the program had several strengths. The team provided evidence-based recommendations for improving the quality of the program.

scholarly journals Disposición del docente universitario respecto a la evaluación de pares / Teachers’ perceptions of peer evaluation in a public university in Mexico

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurora Berenice Ortega Ávila
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Effectiveness ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Teacher Performance ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Real Change

ABSTRACTIn order to judge the effectiveness of their programs, educational institutions measure performance of teachers students. In particular, the evaluation of teacher performance has become one of the most widely used methods for gauging the quality of teaching. In universities, the judgement of teacher effectiveness is based largely on the measurement of teacher performance. In order to accomplish real change in teacher effectiveness it is essential to create “…training programs/evaluation which accompany the teacher in their daily work.... it is about designing formative assessment programs”(Pacheco and Diaz ,2000 p.27). The purpose of formative evaluation programs is to help the teacher improve their practices over time and to encourage their participation in that process. In order to accomplish this, it is necessary to develop programs that support the teacher throughout the evaluation process. The intent of this paper is to explore the perceptions of teachers in the roles of evaluator and evaluated as they participate in an evaluation of their colleagues. With this it aims to promote a culture of evaluation where the teacher who is advised by his or her colleagues finds support in his or her teaching development. Peer review is considered an opportunity for professional growth and thereby improves the performance of teachers in the classroom.RESUMENLa presente investigación es de carácter cualitativo descriptivo y se enfoca al análisis de la de la evaluación de pares, desde la percepción de los docentes mexicanos en un contexto universitario. Para el estudio se formaron 5 díadas de profesores provenientes de las diferentes licenciaturas del campus. Cada uno de los profesores desempeñó los roles de observador y observado durante el proceso. La información fue recolectada a través de entrevistas. Entre los resultados obtenidos en esta investigación fue la percepción de la evaluación de pares como una buena práctica para mejorar tanto el desempeño profesional del docente, así como la calidad educativa de una institución. El estudio plantea la evaluación de pares como una gran experiencia de aprendizaje. La fase de retroalimentación entre los profesores resultó ser crucial en este proceso de evaluación de pares. Entre las recomendaciones se sugiere implantar una metodología y técnicas que permitan crear un ambiente de confianza y credibilidad. Finalmente como resultado del análisis de esta investigación se ofrece una serie de lineamientos para implementar el proceso de evaluación de pares. Contacto principal: [email protected]

scholarly journals The importance of formative assessment in the learning teaching process

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-249
Author(s):  
Irina Yadira Cevallos Menéndez ◽  
Miguel Angel Cobeña Napa ◽  
Myrian Liceth Mendoza Moreira ◽  
Gema Gabriela Vélez Zambrano
Keyword(s):  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Continuous Evaluation ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The City

The present research aimed to know the role that the formative evaluation fulfills in the teaching-learning process, this is based on a continuous evaluation process that occurs during learning, based on the search and interpretation of evidence about student performance and the scope of students' different goals, projections or objectives. Within the methodology, analytical and research methods were used, thus knowing the importance of evaluation; analyzing the needs and interests of students through a survey that was conducted in  the Technical Educational Unit "Walter Francisco Andrade Ortiz" of the City of Pedernales; with the aim of raising awareness in the teachers of the institution, the importance of formative evaluation as a means to raise the quality of performance of students, and thus to demonstrate the results of learning obtained within the classroom in students: The results of the research showed that the formative assessment improves the school performance of the students and this can be used as a strategy to promote collaboration between them.

PENGEMBANGAN MODUL PEMBELAJARAN DENGAN MODEL DICK and CAREY MATA KULIAH EVALUASI PENGAJARAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yayan Sudrajat
Keyword(s):  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Evaluation Activity ◽  
Group Evaluation ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Evaluation Of Teaching ◽  
One To One ◽  
Blue Print

Abstract The purpose of this article is to develop a learning module for the Evaluation of Teaching Indonesian at the Indraprasta University PGRI Jakarta using the Dick and Carey development model. The implementation of this instruction includes how a prospective teacher is good at evaluating teaching materials so that the lecturer feels the need to develop teaching materials to improve the quality of teaching materials using formative evaluation consisting of One-to-one evaluation by experts, One-to-one evaluation by Learners, Small Group Evaluation, and Field Trial by making a blue print of each formative evaluation activity. Keywords: Dick and Carey Development Model, Formative Evaluation, Blue Print, Summative evaluation

EVALUASI PROGRAM/PROYEK PENGEMBANGAN KAWASAN EKONOMI KHUSUS SEI MANGKE DALAM RANGKA PELAKSANAAN KEBIJAKAN MP3EI 2011-2025 DI KORIDOR EKONOMI SUMATERA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Firrean Firrean
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Spatial Arrangement ◽  
Policy Program ◽  
Evaluative Research ◽  
Policy Optimization ◽  
Economic Zones ◽  
North Sumatra

Special Economic Zones (SEZ) is a region with certain limits within the jurisdiction of Indonesia which is set to perform economic functions and obtain certain facilities. One SEZ developed in North Sumatra Province and included in the National Strategic Area (KSN) Medan - Binjai - Deli Serdang - Karo is SEZ Sei Mangke. SEZ Sei Mangke is defined in PP 29 of 2012 on 27 February 2012 and is the first KEK in Indonesia which was inaugurated its operation by President Joko Widodo on January 27, 2015. KSN Mebidangro itself is an area of priority spatial arrangement because it has a very important influence nationally against state sovereignty, defense and state security, economic, social, cultural, and / or environment, including areas designated as world heritage. This research is an evaluative research intended to find out the end of a policy program in order to determine recommendation of last policy by using CIPO model which includes four stages: (1) context, (2) input, (3) process, and (4) output. The research method used is case study by applying qualitative research that aims to make an accurate interpretation of the characteristics of the object under study. Findings on the evaluation context indicate that the program is generally running well, but some aspects of synergy and policy optimization as well as financing support from central and local government need to be improved. In the input evaluation, and evaluation process some aspects need to be improved because the findings show the weakness of some aspects is the result of lack of synergy and optimization of policy and support from local government. Interesting from the evaluation of ouput is that with some weaknesses in the input and process components, it turns out the evaluation findings ouput show Seek Mangke SEZ development can still run well. The recommendation of this research is to improve the quality of policy synergy / program of SEZ Seek development by improving several aspects that are categorized in each stage of evaluation

scholarly journals Quality of Life: Changes in Self-Perception in People with down Syndrome as a Result of Being Part of a Football/Soccer Team. Self-Reports and External Reports

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Rocío Camacho ◽  
Cristina Castejón-Riber ◽  
Francisco Requena ◽  
Julio Camacho ◽  
Begoña Escribano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Football Team ◽  
Soccer Team

The hypothesis posed was whether being part of a football/soccer team influenced the quality of life (QL) of the people who participated in it since their perception of themselves is enhanced by factors, such as self-determination, social inclusion, emotional well-being, physical well-being, material well-being, rights, personal development, and internal relationships. The objective was to evaluate the QL of people with Down Syndrome (DS) using their self-perception (n = 39) and the perception of the informants (family members, teachers) (n = 39). The KidsLife-Down Scale, with a few modifications, was used. In general, differences of opinion between the subgroups of participants with DS and informants showed that results were higher in terms of perception for participants in the DS subgroup. Scores for all variables were higher for those participants with DS who said they did engage in practicing competitive football/soccer. Although the perception of informants provides a great deal of information regarding the QL of participants with DS, participants with DS should also be involved in the evaluation process and their self-perceptions taken into account. It is not participating in a football team that causes the conclusions of the study, but training (which includes the friendly matches that are played), the cause correlated with the improvements detected in the athlete’s DS.

scholarly journals Toward an Automatic Quality Assessment of Voice-Based Telemedicine Consultations: A Deep Learning Approach

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 3279
Author(s):  
Maria Habib ◽  
Mohammad Faris ◽  
Raneem Qaddoura ◽  
Manal Alomari ◽  
Alaa Alomari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Deep Learning ◽  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Transcript Level ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Classification Model ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Transcript Levels ◽  
Perceptual Evaluation

Maintaining a high quality of conversation between doctors and patients is essential in telehealth services, where efficient and competent communication is important to promote patient health. Assessing the quality of medical conversations is often handled based on a human auditory-perceptual evaluation. Typically, trained experts are needed for such tasks, as they follow systematic evaluation criteria. However, the daily rapid increase of consultations makes the evaluation process inefficient and impractical. This paper investigates the automation of the quality assessment process of patient–doctor voice-based conversations in a telehealth service using a deep-learning-based classification model. For this, the data consist of audio recordings obtained from Altibbi. Altibbi is a digital health platform that provides telemedicine and telehealth services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The objective is to assist Altibbi’s operations team in the evaluation of the provided consultations in an automated manner. The proposed model is developed using three sets of features: features extracted from the signal level, the transcript level, and the signal and transcript levels. At the signal level, various statistical and spectral information is calculated to characterize the spectral envelope of the speech recordings. At the transcript level, a pre-trained embedding model is utilized to encompass the semantic and contextual features of the textual information. Additionally, the hybrid of the signal and transcript levels is explored and analyzed. The designed classification model relies on stacked layers of deep neural networks and convolutional neural networks. Evaluation results show that the model achieved a higher level of precision when compared with the manual evaluation approach followed by Altibbi’s operations team.

scholarly journals Modelling Exposure by Spraying Activities—Status and Future Needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 7737
Author(s):  
Stefan Hahn ◽  
Jessica Meyer ◽  
Michael Roitzsch ◽  
Christiaan Delmaar ◽  
Wolfgang Koch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Model Accuracy ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
User Perspective ◽  
Model Predictions ◽  
Spray Applications

Spray applications enable a uniform distribution of substances on surfaces in a highly efficient manner, and thus can be found at workplaces as well as in consumer environments. A systematic literature review on modelling exposure by spraying activities has been conducted and status and further needs have been discussed with experts at a symposium. This review summarizes the current knowledge about models and their level of conservatism and accuracy. We found that extraction of relevant information on model performance for spraying from published studies and interpretation of model accuracy proved to be challenging, as the studies often accounted for only a small part of potential spray applications. To achieve a better quality of exposure estimates in the future, more systematic evaluation of models is beneficial, taking into account a representative variety of spray equipment and application patterns. Model predictions could be improved by more accurate consideration of variation in spray equipment. Inter-model harmonization with regard to spray input parameters and appropriate grouping of spray exposure situations is recommended. From a user perspective, a platform or database with information on different spraying equipment and techniques and agreed standard parameters for specific spraying scenarios from different regulations may be useful.

scholarly journals The effect of silica desiccation under different storage conditions on filter-immobilized environmental DNA

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Allison ◽  
Jessica M. Round ◽  
Lauren C. Bergman ◽  
Ali Mirabzadeh ◽  
Heather Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Silica Gel ◽  
Storage Temperature ◽  
Environmental Dna ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Silica Bead ◽  
Gel Beads ◽  
Polymerase Chain

Abstract Objective Silica gel beads have promise as a non-toxic, cost-effective, portable method for storing environmental DNA (eDNA) immobilized on filter membranes. Consequently, many ecological surveys are turning to silica bead filter desiccation rather than ethanol preservation. However, no systematic evaluation of silica bead storage conditions or duration past 1 week has been published. The present study evaluates the quality of filter-immobilized eDNA desiccated with silica gel under different storage conditions for over a year using targeted quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR)-based assays. Results While the detection of relatively abundant eDNA target was stable over 15 months from either ethanol- or silica gel-preserved filters at − 20 and 4 °C, silica gel out-performed ethanol preservation at 23 °C by preventing a progressive decrease in eDNA sample quality. Silica gel filter desiccation preserved low abundance eDNA equally well up to 1 month regardless of storage temperature (18, 4, or − 20 °C). However only storage at − 20 °C prevented a noticeable decrease in detectability at 5 and 12 months. The results indicate that brief storage of eDNA filters with silica gel beads up to 1 month can be successfully accomplished at a range of temperatures. However, longer-term storage should be at − 20 °C to maximize sample integrity.

scholarly journals Anemia among Chinese patients with chronic kidney disease and its association with quality of life - results from the Chinese cohort study of chronic kidney disease (C-STRIDE)

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Shen ◽  
◽  
Jinwei Wang ◽  
Jing Yuan ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Systematic Investigation ◽  
Chinese Patients ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Anemia Treatment

Abstract Background Anemia is one of the common complications in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, there is no systematic investigation on the prevalence of anemia in CKD patients and its relationship with the quality of life in China. Methods The data for this study comes from baseline data from the Chinese Chronic Kidney Disease Cohort Study (C-STRIDE), which recruited predialysis CKD patients in China. The kidney disease quality of life summary (KDQOL-TM) was used to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Use linear regression model to estimate the relationship between hemoglobin level and quality of life. Results A total of 2921 patients were included in this study. The adjusted prevalence of hemoglobin (Hb) less than 100 g/L was 10.3% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 9.9,11.4%), and showed an increased trend through reduced eGFR levels from 4.0% (95%CI:2.3,5.9%) in the 45-60 ml/min/1.73m2 group to 23.4% (95%CI:20.5,26.2%) in the 15–29 ml/min/1.73m2 group. The prevalence of anti-anemia treatment was 34.0% (95%CI: 28.7,39.3%) and it is shown by reducing eGFR levels from 15.8% (95%CI:0,36.7%) in the 45-60 ml/min/1.73m2 group to 38.2% (95%CI: 30.7,45.2%) in the 15–29 ml/min/1.73m2 group. All five dimensions of the KDQOL scores in patients with CKD decreased as hemoglobin declined. After multivariable adjustments,the degrees of decrease became somewhat blunted. For example, compared with hemoglobin of ≥130 g/L, regression coefficients in the hemoglobin of < 100 g/L were − 0.047(95%CI: − 0.049,-0.045) for Symptoms and Problems(S), − 0.047(95%CI: − 0.049,-0.044) for Effects of the Kidney Disease(E), − 0.207(95%CI: − 0.212,-0.203) for Burden of the Kidney Disease(B), − 0.112(95%CI: − 0.115,-0.109) for SF-12 Physical Functioning (PCS), − 0.295(95%CI: − 0.299, -0.292) for SF-12 Mental Functioning (MCS), respectively. Conclusions In our cross-sectional analysis of patients with CKD in China, prevalence of both anemia and anti-anemia treatment increased with decreased eGFR. In addition, anemia was associated with reduced HRQoL.

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