Female and minority innovators raise fewer resources from investors for novel ideas, even when their ventures are similar or identical to those of all white male teams. This disparity is concerning for investors aiming to identify value-creating opportunities. Evaluating the potential of innovation requires making decisions on innovators and their ideas in conditions of uncertainty where information on past performance is unavailable. Under these conditions, evaluators typically rely on easily-accessible ascriptive characteristics to make decisions – which perpetuates demographic disparities in innovation contexts. Extant research has examined mitigation strategies focused on the resource-seeker – how resource-seekers can pitch their ideas to overcome investor biases. Few have examined the system itself: how investment organizations’ collective evaluation processes shape the diversity of founders that receive venture investment. How do the evaluation processes investment organizations use shape the demographic diversity of innovators funded? To examine this overarching question, I conducted field research and two field experiments with one global VC fund/accelerator hybrid organization, and its broad, global, co-investor network across different phases. I produced a dataset of over 170 hours of observational data, interviews with 98 investors, and experimental data with close to 3,000 investment decisions on startups in which $320,000 was invested. Leveraging this data, I identified moments in investment organizations’ evaluation processes that inhibited commensuration across startups, and produced demographic disparities in collective investment decisions. I theorize the importance of the role of investor inquiry during evaluation, and test how changes to organizations’ evaluation templates can affect both individual investor’s processes of inquiry and real investment decisions. I identified a causal link between tiny tweaks to investment organizations’ evaluation templates and increased investments in startups with female founders. Rather than focus on how to prepare startups for evaluation, which can produce short-term outcomes that may be only relevant to a specific set of investors, my research explores a more systemic question: how can organizations change their systems of evaluation? These contributions are relevant not to only entrepreneurship theory and practice, but also to organizational scholars interested in cultivating diversity, equity and inclusion. I unpack the role that organizations play in designing, executing and perpetuating systems that evaluate innovators heterogeneously, based on their demographic characteristics. It is also relevant to any organization considering how to evaluate innovators. / 2025-05-30T00:00:00Z

Teacher self-efficacy refers to teachers&rsquo / belief in their abilities to perform an action. In the present study, a new scale was developed to measure teacher self-efficacy beliefs toward measurement and evaluation practices, called &ldquo / Teacher Self-Efficacy toward Measurement and Evaluation Practices Scale&rdquo / (TEMES). The purpose of this study was to test a model of relationships among teacher self-efficacy toward measurement and evaluation practices, teachers&rsquo / sense of efficacy, year in teaching, and frequency of using traditional and alternative measurement and evaluation tools. Three hundred ninety-four teachers participated in the study. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA), Canonical Correlation Analysis, and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) were conducted to answer the research questions. CFA provided evidence for five-factor structure of the TEMES. Cronbach&rsquo / s alpha coefficients of these five factors were satisfactory, ranging from .76 to .87. Teachers reported more frequent use of traditional measurement and evaluation tools than alternative tools. Separate MANOVAs yielded non-significant effect of gender on the factors of TEMES, but of teaching level. In addition, findings of canonical correlation analysis indicated that factors of TEMES were correlated with factors of Turkish teachers&rsquo / sense of efficacy scale (TTSES). Results of the SEM indicated that teacher self-efficacy toward measurement and evaluation practices was positively correlated with frequency of using traditional and alternative measurement and evaluation tools. Year of teaching was found to be a non-significant predictor of teachers&rsquo / sense of efficacy, teacher self-efficacy toward measurement and evaluation practices, and frequency of using traditional and alternative measurement and evaluation tools.

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This thesis aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of effective program evaluation frameworks, particularly in the agriculture sector. Specifically, the analysis was focused on assessing monitoring and evaluation of public and private sector projects to assist the British Columbia Investment Agriculture Foundation (IAF), the client for this thesis, in identifying smart practices as a way to support constant improvement in their organization. This research involved conducting a literature review of the most recent and relevant literature on program evaluation, particularly works that related to nonprofit organizations in the agriculture sector, interviewing IAF staff, developing a jurisdictional scan of program evaluation frameworks in the Netherlands and New Zealand, and conducting a review of existing IAF evaluation documents to identify and discuss key themes for an effective program evaluation framework and provide examples of smart evaluation practices that may be adapted by IAF. The recommendations include integrating formative and summative evaluation practices, developing targeted programs with well-defined key performance indicators (where possible), and capitalizing on data visualization software for monitoring and reporting on project goals in real-time. / Graduate

Esta pesquisa objetivou compreender o itinerário terapêutico de quatro mulheres com câncer de mama, no que concerne à trajetória assistencial na busca por cuidado no SUS de Volta Redonda, procurando perceber em que medida elas tiveram suas necessidades, relacionadas ao processo de adoecimento, atendidas pelos serviços de saúde, tendo como eixo norteador a integralidade em saúde. O objeto do estudo foi construído a partir do entendimento do câncer de mama como um problema de saúde pública, da contextualização do programa de controle do câncer de mama e da reflexão sobre avaliação, integralidade e itinerários terapêuticos como prática avaliativa no campo da saúde. Como trajetória metodológica, para o alcance dos objetivos propostos, a opção foi desenvolver um estudo de natureza qualitativa, empregando a história de vida como abordagem central. Nesta perspectiva, para o trabalho investigativo e interação com as quatro mulheres, visando à narrativa de suas experiências, foi utilizada a técnica de entrevista aberta na coleta de dados, com ênfase na etapa da vida após a descoberta do câncer de mama e a busca de cuidado nos serviços de saúde. As entrevistas, complementadas pelos dados dos prontuários e do diário de campo, constituíram- se como o material empírico para proceder às análises, visando, sobretudo, a apreender os atributos de integralidade na dimensão da organização dos serviços de saúde e nos conhecimentos e práticas dos profissionais de saúde. Também se buscou analisar o cumprimento dos objetivos do Programa Nacional de Controle do Câncer de Mama, em Volta Redonda, tendo em vista que as ações aí propostas representam um conjunto de prescrições para reversão da atual situação da doença no país. Pode-se evidenciar, nas análises, que o cuidado em saúde dedicado a essas mulheres com câncer de mama está muito distante do princípio da integralidade que nos orienta e que defendemos como bandeira de luta. Nesse sentido, são várias as pistas nas narrativas que nos levam a afirmar que os serviços e práticas profissionais não estão organizados para proteger essas mulheres, garantindo as respostas necessárias a suas demandas, pautadas no princípio da integralidade e nos direitos e valores relacionados à defesa da vida humana. Percebe-se um quadro de retardamento do diagnóstico e tratamento, com dificuldade no acesso a diversos procedimentos envolvidos nesse cuidado como exemplos, a mamografia, o resultado do exame histopatológico e a cirurgia de mama. O exame clínico da mama não é realizado ou valorizado na atenção básica, além de que, as práticas das unidades especializadas continuam centradas na atenção médica, com ênfase na doença, não existindo equipe multiprofissional para o atendimento às demandas psicológicas, sociais, etc. Além disso, constatou-se a falta de serviços de referência de reconstituição de mama, imprescindível no cuidado, quando se trata de garantia de atenção integral. Concluímos que é fundamental que a equipe gestora local repense a organização dos serviços e das práticas nos diversos níveis de complexidade do SUS de Volta Redonda, no atendimento às mulheres com câncer de mama e apoio a suas famílias, na perspectiva da integralidade e do direito à saúde. Por fim, o estudo defende o itinerário terapêutico como importante prática avaliativa em saúde, amistosa à integralidade, que pode ser incorporada ao cotidiano do SUS. / This work aimed to approach the therapeutical itinerary of four women with breast cancer, concerning the assistance trajectory in search for care in the Volta Redonda SUS, trying to apprehend whether how their needs, in the illness process, were met by health care services, guided by the integral care principle. The studys object was based on the comprehension of breast cancer as a public health matter, on the contextualization of the breast cancer control program, and on the reflection on evaluation, integral care and therapeutical itineraries as evaluation practice in the health field. As methodological trajectory, so as to meet the objectives, we developed a qualitative study whose main approach was life history. In this perspective, the investigative work and interaction with these four women, aiming to report their experiences, used the open interview for data collection, focusing on their lives after the breast cancer and the search for health care. The interviews, complemented by medical records and field work notes, were the empirical material for the analysis, aiming mostly to apprehend the attributes of integral care in the dimension of health care services organization and knowledge and practice of health professional. We also tried to analyze whether the objectives of the National Program Breast Cancer Control, in Volta Redonda, have been met, considering that it proposes actions to reverse the present situation of breast cancer in Brazil. According to the analyses, health care for women with breast cancer is far from the integral care principle, which guides us and that we defend. In this sense, the narratives give us hints that allow us to state that health care services and professionals are not organized to protect these women, to ensure the correct answers for their needs, based on the integral care principle and on rights and values in defense of human life. We can notice a delay in diagnosis and treatment, with difficult access to several procedures involved in this care e.g., mammography, histopathological results and breast surgery. Breast clinical examination is not performed or valued in primary care services, and practices in specialized units remain centered in medical care, focused on the disease, and there is no multi-professional staff to meet the psychological, social and other needs. Moreover, there was a lack of reference services for breast reconstruction, essential in a integral assistance. We conclude it is fundamental that local managers re-think about services and practices organization in the several Volta Redonda SUS levels, providing care for women with breast cancer and supporting their families, within the perspective of integral care and health rights. Finally, this study defends the therapeutical itinerary as important health care evaluation practice, friendly to integral care, and that can be incorporated to the SUS routine.

Esta pesquisa objetivou compreender o itinerário terapêutico de quatro mulheres com câncer de mama, no que concerne à trajetória assistencial na busca por cuidado no SUS de Volta Redonda, procurando perceber em que medida elas tiveram suas necessidades, relacionadas ao processo de adoecimento, atendidas pelos serviços de saúde, tendo como eixo norteador a integralidade em saúde. O objeto do estudo foi construído a partir do entendimento do câncer de mama como um problema de saúde pública, da contextualização do programa de controle do câncer de mama e da reflexão sobre avaliação, integralidade e itinerários terapêuticos como prática avaliativa no campo da saúde. Como trajetória metodológica, para o alcance dos objetivos propostos, a opção foi desenvolver um estudo de natureza qualitativa, empregando a história de vida como abordagem central. Nesta perspectiva, para o trabalho investigativo e interação com as quatro mulheres, visando à narrativa de suas experiências, foi utilizada a técnica de entrevista aberta na coleta de dados, com ênfase na etapa da vida após a descoberta do câncer de mama e a busca de cuidado nos serviços de saúde. As entrevistas, complementadas pelos dados dos prontuários e do diário de campo, constituíram- se como o material empírico para proceder às análises, visando, sobretudo, a apreender os atributos de integralidade na dimensão da organização dos serviços de saúde e nos conhecimentos e práticas dos profissionais de saúde. Também se buscou analisar o cumprimento dos objetivos do Programa Nacional de Controle do Câncer de Mama, em Volta Redonda, tendo em vista que as ações aí propostas representam um conjunto de prescrições para reversão da atual situação da doença no país. Pode-se evidenciar, nas análises, que o cuidado em saúde dedicado a essas mulheres com câncer de mama está muito distante do princípio da integralidade que nos orienta e que defendemos como bandeira de luta. Nesse sentido, são várias as pistas nas narrativas que nos levam a afirmar que os serviços e práticas profissionais não estão organizados para proteger essas mulheres, garantindo as respostas necessárias a suas demandas, pautadas no princípio da integralidade e nos direitos e valores relacionados à defesa da vida humana. Percebe-se um quadro de retardamento do diagnóstico e tratamento, com dificuldade no acesso a diversos procedimentos envolvidos nesse cuidado como exemplos, a mamografia, o resultado do exame histopatológico e a cirurgia de mama. O exame clínico da mama não é realizado ou valorizado na atenção básica, além de que, as práticas das unidades especializadas continuam centradas na atenção médica, com ênfase na doença, não existindo equipe multiprofissional para o atendimento às demandas psicológicas, sociais, etc. Além disso, constatou-se a falta de serviços de referência de reconstituição de mama, imprescindível no cuidado, quando se trata de garantia de atenção integral. Concluímos que é fundamental que a equipe gestora local repense a organização dos serviços e das práticas nos diversos níveis de complexidade do SUS de Volta Redonda, no atendimento às mulheres com câncer de mama e apoio a suas famílias, na perspectiva da integralidade e do direito à saúde. Por fim, o estudo defende o itinerário terapêutico como importante prática avaliativa em saúde, amistosa à integralidade, que pode ser incorporada ao cotidiano do SUS. / This work aimed to approach the therapeutical itinerary of four women with breast cancer, concerning the assistance trajectory in search for care in the Volta Redonda SUS, trying to apprehend whether how their needs, in the illness process, were met by health care services, guided by the integral care principle. The studys object was based on the comprehension of breast cancer as a public health matter, on the contextualization of the breast cancer control program, and on the reflection on evaluation, integral care and therapeutical itineraries as evaluation practice in the health field. As methodological trajectory, so as to meet the objectives, we developed a qualitative study whose main approach was life history. In this perspective, the investigative work and interaction with these four women, aiming to report their experiences, used the open interview for data collection, focusing on their lives after the breast cancer and the search for health care. The interviews, complemented by medical records and field work notes, were the empirical material for the analysis, aiming mostly to apprehend the attributes of integral care in the dimension of health care services organization and knowledge and practice of health professional. We also tried to analyze whether the objectives of the National Program Breast Cancer Control, in Volta Redonda, have been met, considering that it proposes actions to reverse the present situation of breast cancer in Brazil. According to the analyses, health care for women with breast cancer is far from the integral care principle, which guides us and that we defend. In this sense, the narratives give us hints that allow us to state that health care services and professionals are not organized to protect these women, to ensure the correct answers for their needs, based on the integral care principle and on rights and values in defense of human life. We can notice a delay in diagnosis and treatment, with difficult access to several procedures involved in this care e.g., mammography, histopathological results and breast surgery. Breast clinical examination is not performed or valued in primary care services, and practices in specialized units remain centered in medical care, focused on the disease, and there is no multi-professional staff to meet the psychological, social and other needs. Moreover, there was a lack of reference services for breast reconstruction, essential in a integral assistance. We conclude it is fundamental that local managers re-think about services and practices organization in the several Volta Redonda SUS levels, providing care for women with breast cancer and supporting their families, within the perspective of integral care and health rights. Finally, this study defends the therapeutical itinerary as important health care evaluation practice, friendly to integral care, and that can be incorporated to the SUS routine.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:32:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Elda Damasio de Oliveira.pdf: 1451939 bytes, checksum: 0ac476f68d2f4c522ffcc16bb7bd5f8a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-10-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research is focused on evaluation methodologies as one of the factors for schooling repetition and drop out, the teacher training for evaluating the students apprenticeship was investigated. The perspective of the work was understanding the students qualifications on a Pedagogy course. The work had as references the aspects related to evaluation theoretical qualifications, the teachers practices and the procedures that the future teacher aims to develop. It was selected for the research authors whose studies are related to apprenticeship evaluation and teacher training as: NÓVOA (1991), CANDAU (1996), DEMO (1999), PERRENOUD (1999), RODRIGUES (1999), SACRISTÁN (2000), BONNIOL (2001), CAPPELLETTI (2001), HADJI (2001), LIBÂNEO (2001), SAUL (2001), VIAL (2001), IMBERNÓN (2002), FRANCO (2004), WORTHEN (2004), and others. The research of how evaluation training is taken, in ten schools, was made through semi-structured interviews. The target group of this research was teachers specialized in evaluation-related subjects, and their students, who were on the last course year of Pedagogy. It was encountered that teachers evaluation qualifications were precarious due to the division of teaching and evaluation in different subjects, the dichotomy of theoretical and practical training and the lack of thinking over current themes directly related to evaluation, like prolonged progression. Some teachers have innovated through changing strategies and procedures. Nevertheless, innovating isn t enough. It is necessary to innovate the basic elements and the attitudes of how assessment is understood. The thesis was based in information empirically obtained, and it resulted in considerations focused on rethinking the teacher training on apprenticeship evaluation / Tendo como foco a avaliação da aprendizagem como um dos fatores da repetência e da evasão escolar essa pesquisa investigou questões relacionadas à formação inicial do docente em avaliação educacional. Apresentou como perspectiva a compreensão da formação dada aos alunos nos cursos de Pedagogia tendo como referência aspectos relacionados ao desenvolvimento da formação teórica em avaliação, às práticas desenvolvidas pelo professor e procedimentos que o futuro docente pretende desenvolver. A exploração da perspectiva teórica fez-se através da seleção de autores cujos estudos vinculam-se à avaliação da aprendizagem ou a formação docente como: NÓVOA (1991), CANDAU (1996), DEMO (1999), PERRENOUD (1999), RODRIGUES (1999), SACRISTÁN (2000), BONNIOL (2001), CAPPELLETTI (2001), HADJI (2001), LIBÂNEO (2001), SAUL (2001), VIAL (2001), IMBERNÓN (2002), FRANCO (2004), WORTHEN (2004), entre outros. A investigação de como se processava a formação em avaliação, nas dez instituições de ensino participantes desta pesquisa, teve como base a pesquisa qualitativa e deu-se por meio da entrevista semi-estruturada. Os sujeitos dessa investigação foram professores que ministravam disciplinas relacionadas à avaliação, e alunos, desses professores, que freqüentavam o último ano do curso de Pedagogia. Constatou-se que a formação docente em avaliação é precária em decorrência da segmentação entre ensino e avaliação como objetos distintos, da dicotomia teoria e prática, da ausência de reflexões sobre temas atuais que possuem implicações diretas com a avaliação, como a progressão continuada. Alguns docentes investiram em inovações na prática avaliativa através de mudanças nas estratégias e procedimentos. Porém, não basta inovar com procedimentos apenas. É preciso inovar nos fundamentos, nas atitudes, na forma como se compreende a avaliação. A partir das informações obtidas do empírico, contrapostas a teoria teceu-se algumas considerações voltadas ao repensar da formação docente em avaliação da aprendizagem

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T16:35:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 simonesoares.pdf: 1520935 bytes, checksum: 343dbf4a97dedbc174b8a906577cb2d9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-09 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This paper presents the results of an investigation about the assessment practices that happen in the virtual learning environment in distance education online. The problem of this research emphasizes the students' perception about the assessment practices developed in the virtual environment for teaching and learning (AVEA), and examines the concept underlying the evaluative processes in the Course of Technology in Public Administration from UAB - IFSC. The objective is to conduct a literature review on the evaluation of learning in distance education online, through reference Cool & Monereo; Moran; Belloni; Borges; Alves; Peters; Ramal; Santos; Levy, among other authors of reference, identifying the theoretical approaches in the assessment of learning in all official documents, textbooks and teaching institution surveyed, identifying the learning effect of assessment practices in the course, its objectives and instruments in time and distance, and discuss the changes and continuities identified in assessment practices, specific to distance education online. The methodology was used to investigate the case study, outlining thus a quantitative and qualitative research, respecting the scientific principles that guide them. The data collection instrument used was an online questionnaire analyzed in similar thematic groupings. 84 students participated in this survey course on screen. Before examining the perceptions of students, online assessment practices are characterized in a time of transition. Despite the use of some evaluative instruments considered innovative, such as the Forum, the online evaluation practices are still more to a service model and a traditional culture of evaluation, in response to the emerging form of teaching and learning in digital times / O presente trabalho apresenta os resultados de uma investigação acerca das práticas avaliativas que acontecem no ambiente virtual de aprendizagem, na Educação a Distância online. A problemática desta pesquisa salienta a percepção dos alunos quanto às práticas avaliativas desenvolvidas no ambiente virtual de ensino e aprendizagem (AVEA), e analisa a concepção que fundamenta os processos avaliativos no Curso Superior de Tecnologia em Gestão Pública da UAB IFSC. O objetivo é realizar uma revisão teórica sobre a avaliação da aprendizagem em Educação a Distância online, por meio dos referenciais Cool & Monereo; Moran, Belloni, Borges, Alves, Peters, Ramal, Santos, Levy, dentre outros autores de referência; identificar as abordagens teóricas sobre avaliação da aprendizagem presentes nos documentos oficiais, didáticos e pedagógicos da instituição pesquisada; identificar as práticas avaliativas da aprendizagem efetivadas no curso, suas finalidades e instrumentos, em momentos presenciais e a distância; e discutir as mudanças e as permanências identificadas nas práticas avaliativas, especificas à educação a distância online. A metodologia utilizada na investigação foi o estudo de caso, delineando assim, uma pesquisa quanti-qualitativa, respeitando os princípios científicos que as orientam. O instrumento de coleta de dados utilizado foi um questionário online analisado a partir de agrupamentos temáticos semelhantes. Participaram desta pesquisa 84 estudantes do curso em tela. Diante da análise da percepção dos alunos, as práticas avaliativas online caracterizam-se em um momento de transição. Estamos entre o permanecer e o mudar destas práticas. Apesar da utilização de alguns instrumentos avaliativos considerados inovadores, como o Fórum, as práticas avaliativas online ainda estão mais a serviço de um modelo e de uma cultura tradicional de avaliação, que em resposta à emergente forma de ensinar e de aprender em tempos digitais

This is a conceptual framework for the diagnostic study of the role of evaluation practices in the learning process in educational institutions. The framework is based on concepts given by the Onto-Semiotic Approach to mathematical knowledge and instruction (OSA), which have been adapted to this context. / Presentamos un marco conceptual para el estudio diagnóstico de las prácticas de evaluación en el proceso de aprendizaje. El marco está basado en los conceptos provenientes del enfoque del conocimiento y la instrucción matemática (EOS), los cuales han sido adaptados en este contexto.

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