Title: Practical evaluation guide :
Authors: Diamond, Judy; Luke, Jessica J.; Uttal, David H.,; Luke, Jessica J.; Uttal, David H.
Date: 2009
Publisher: AltaMira Press, A division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
Physical description: xvi, 144 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: A
Abstract: Administrators of museums and other informal-learning centers often need to demonstrate, in some tangible way, the effectiveness of their institutions as teaching tools. Practical Evaluation Guide discusses specific methods for analyzing audience learning and behavior in museums, zoos, botanic gardens, nature centers, camps, and youth programs. This new edition incorporates the many advances in the burgeoning field of informal learning that have been made over the past decade. Practical Evaluation Guide serves as a basic, easy-to-follow guide for museum professionals and students who want to understand the effects of such public institutions on the people who visit them.--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Part I. Evaluating Informal Learning -- Chapter 1. Thinking through an Evaluation Study -- Chapter 2. Informal Learning -- Chapter 3. Measuring Learning -- Chapter 4. Protecting Study Participants -- Part II. Evaluation Tools -- Chapter 5. Selecting Study Participants -- Chapter 6. Observational Tools -- Chapter 7. Interviews and Questionnaires -- Chapter 8. Presenting and Analyzing Data -- Part III. Evaluation as Practice -- Chapter 9. Reporting Evaluation Results -- Chapter 10. Translating Evaluation Findings into Practice.
Subject headings (LCSH): Museum exhibits--Evaluation.; Museums--Educational aspects; Museums--Environmental aspects.; Non-formal education