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A comprehensive approach to course evaluation

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Evaluation is an important phase of course development and improvement efforts. This article discusses a number of problems with current approaches to course evaluation. A broader, more comprehensive approach is recommended, and a checklist illustrating the kinds of issues and questions that need to be considered is presented.

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  1. Instructional Development Center for Instructional Development, Syracuse University, 13210, Syracuse, NY

    Robert M. Diamond (Assistant Vice Chancellor)

  2. David O. McKay Institute, Brigham Young University, 84602, Provo, UT

    Richard R. Sudweeks (Evaluator)

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In order to meet the diverse needs of JID’s readership, we have decided to occasionally publish more practically-oriented “tools and techniques” articles. They will deal with specific aspects of the ID process, and will present validated “how-to” techniques useful to experienced developers. As with all other manuscripts, they will meet the criteria of making a contribution to the field, being literature-based, and containing generalizable and useful ideas. The following article, which presents an evaluation checklist, is a good example of this new type of article.

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Diamond, R.M., Sudweeks, R.R. A comprehensive approach to course evaluation. Journal of Instructional Development 4, 28–34 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02908820

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