The Struggle Animates the Learning: Exploring Student Experiences with a Community-Engaged, Project-Based Course on Evaluation

For instructors engaged in teaching evaluation, bridging the gap between the content of formal educational experiences and what we want future evaluators to be able to do in practice remains a challenge. Studying the format and quality of university courses focused on program evaluation is one mecha...

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Published in:Journal of higher education outreach and engagement. 2023, Vol.27 (1), p.5
Main Authors: Suiter, Sarah V, Morgan, Kathryn Y, Thurber, Amie
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Active Learning
Community Involvement
Cooperation
Evaluation
Experiential Learning
Graduate Students
Interdisciplinary Approach
Partnerships in Education
Student Attitudes
Student Experience
Student Projects
Teaching Methods
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