Book description
This cross-disciplinary, international
Handbook
brings together best-in-field research and practice to provide an
up-to-date summary of the leading ideas in performance measurement,
theory, and practice. This invaluable reference provides a comprehensive
review of all information presently available about Measuring and
Evaluating Learning and Performance, Designing Evaluation, Qualitative
Performance Measurements, Quantitative Performance Measurements,
Formative Evaluation, Summative Performance Measurements, Confirmative
Performance Measurements, Surveys and Questionnaires, Focus Groups and
Interviews, Observation Methods, Sampling, Evidenced-based Performance
Measurements, Analyzing Data, Planning Performance Measurement and
Evaluation, Strategies for Implementation, and cases from Around the
World.
James L. Moseley is an associate professor of Instructional
Technology at Wayne State University, College of Education. He teaches
program evaluation and human performance technology and directs
doctoral dissertations. He is co-author of five books, three of which
have won ISPI Awards for Excellence in Instructional Communication. He
is a frequent contributor to Pfeiffer/Wiley publications including the
Pfeiffer Annuals. He has won numerous awards for teaching and
mentoring and frequently consults with business, industry, and health
care on program evaluation and human performance. His new area of
interest focuses on older worker and older learner issues.
Joan Conway Dessinger is a consultant, writer, editor, and an adjunct
faculty member in the Wayne State University Instructional Technology
program. She founded The Lake Group, a performance improvement
consulting firm. She is the co-author of five books, three of which
have won ISPI Awards for Excellence in Instructional Communication.
She is a contributor to Distance Training and Sustaining Distance
Training, both (Jossey-Bass), the Handbook of Human Performance
Technology; and the 2007 Pfeiffer Annual (Pfeiffer).
