| Edited by Dr. David J. Ayersman, Mary Washington
College, and Dr. W. Michael Reed, New York University |
formerly Journal of Research on Computing in Education
JRTE, Volume 32, Number 2, Winter
1999
Formative Evaluation in
Educational
Computing Research and Development
Ralf Maslowski and Adrie J. Visscher
University of Twente
Abstract
Formative evaluation is a very powerful technique for developing
high-quality
educational software. The goal of this article is to explain the
function of
formative evaluation and the evaluation techniques that can be used in
the various
stages of educational computing research and development. It is our
hope that
it will help developers (1) create better and more effective
educational software
and (2) use resources in the development process more productively.
Contributors
Ralf Maslowski is a PhD candidate in educational
administration
at the University of Twente in The Netherlands.
His research
centers on the organizational culture and the
effectiveness
of secondary schools. He recently wrote articles
on the
culture of schools and on methods and techniques
for formative
evaluation of educational programs.
Adrie J. Visscher received his PhD at the
University of
Twente in The Netherlands on the basis of his
dissertation
Design and Evaluation of a Computer-Assisted
Management
Information System for Secondary Schools. He has
worked
in the same university as an associate professor
in the
Faculty of Educational Science and Technology
since 1983.
In collaboration with others, he designed an
integrated
school information system (SIS) for Dutch
secondary schools
and evaluated its effects over a period of three
years.
He has written numerous articles on the
implementation and
use of computerized SISs and on the organization
and management
of schools.
Address: Ralf Maslowski, University of Twente,
Faculty
of Educational Science and Technology, PO Box 217
7500 AE
Enschede, The Netherlands; maslowski@edte.utwente.nl.
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