The study purpose is to advance implementation of sustainable development at colleges, and to contribute to organizational change research using social network analysis. The researcher conducted document analysis using 2012-2016 sustainability reports of 16 purposefully selected two-year colleges under a common framework. Interpreting and coding resulted in ranking sustainable development activities as well as grouping colleges using cluster analysis. A survey and interviews were employed by the researcher to determine major themes as challenges to sustainability implementation, and personal network themes using social network analysis measures and sociograms. Challenges to sustainability implementation identified as study themes were: (1) college leadership transition; (2) communication networks; and (3) sustainability funding and resources. Personal network themes based on network analysis were: (1) sustainability leadership typologies; (2) network communication bridges and cliques; and (3) social capital for sustainability funding and resources. The research found personal egocentric network techniques an effective methodology in identifying attributes of communication links to inform transformational leaders implementing innovation. Study implications are that sustainability leaders within informal networks of staff, administrators, and faculty influence and actively participate in innovation diffusion. Faculty and staff work on specific projects and activities advancing sustainability such as community gardens or working with environmental groups, and administrator support provides social capital in terms of funding and resources. Striking the right balance among types and communication ties is a challenge for transformational leaders. Personal network techniques help leaders recognize organic network cliques and bridges during implementation stages, allowing for informed support and advancement of college sustainability. From this study, sustainability practitioners may be interested in using sustainability activity frequencies for planning and sharing with other colleges, as well as using personal network techniques to develop sociograms identifying important network positions, cliques, and bridges for sustainability implementation.

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 increased the number of patients seen in a northeast, urban trauma emergency department by 34%. This created a problem as it occurred simultaneously with a nursing shortage. Consequently, patient satisfaction scores fell below the national average benchmark. The rate patients left the emergency department without being seen was 2.6% higher than the national average and patient fall rates increased by 20%. A review of the literature to search for solutions led to the support of an hourly rounding project and an educational workshop promoting proactive nurse behaviors as a way to address the quality and safety gap. The goal of this scholarly project was to develop this evidence based, theory supported project and to conduct a formative and summative evaluation by an expert review panel in order to achieve consensus before implementation. An executive team was formed and led through the process of development of a detailed hourly rounding protocol and workshop, which will be implemented at the facility at a later time. A 10 member expert panel was formed. The panel members consented to participate in an explanatory session, to review all project materials, and to complete an anonymous 20 question survey tool. The panel also consented to review any changes made to materials as part of a summative evaluation. Descriptive analysis of the formative data demonstrated a 90% overall agreement that the workshop was comprehensive and covered key concepts within 5 categories. Minor requested revisions were made in response to formative results. The summmative review demonstrated 100% consensus on the revisions. This project will bring about social change by engaging nurses in proactively caring for patients in a safe and efficient manner.

Diverse student populations are increasing in local, state, and national settings. There are achievement gaps in college readiness which must be closed between various student demographic groups. It is important for schools to know what methods work best for language acquisition to close the gaps and open postsecondary opportunities for all students. The purpose of this sequential, explanatory, mixed-method, formative program evaluation study was to examine the effects of a dual language (DL) program on improving the college readiness of students. Guided by the framework of learning and second language acquisition, college readiness levels between DL and non-DL students were examined and the perceived effects of DL as described by parents, students, and teachers were explored. The quantitative portion of the study used descriptive statistics to examine various transcript academic measures between 11 DL and 11 English immersion students. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 2 DL students, 6 English Immersion and DL staff, and a DL parent. The English Leaner students in the DL program passed more Advanced Placement courses and took more Advanced Placement exams than the English Learner students in the English Immersion program. District stakeholders interviewed for the qualitative portion of the study reported positive effects of the DL program including high levels of college preparation and increased parent involvement for the DL program. The study includes a white paper with recommendations for improvement and expansion of the DL program. Positive social change can be created in school districts by implementing effective language programs to prepare all students for the increasing demands of universities and the workplace.

Remediation to improve student retention is rapidly becoming an important part of health science programs in higher education. A career college located in the midwestern United States implemented remediation for students to address declining enrollment health science professional-track programs. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore how remediation was carried out by college instructors and their perceptions of instructional best practices for students in health science programs in the context of current research. The conceptual framework that guided this study was based on constructivism and adult learning theory. Research questions focused on how instructors were carrying out the processes for remediation and explored their views of effective remediation practices. The sample of 11 participants included 4 program directors, 3 fieldwork coordinators, and 4 adjunct faculty members. Data were collected from individual interviews, classroom lab observations, and program documents. Data were open coded and analyzed for themes. Findings indicated that instructors who conducted remediation used instructional techniques that matched effective practices found in the current research literature, e.g. videos, case studies, patient simulation, mind-mapping, and mock practicals.- Based on the findings of best practices, recommendations were proposed for the development of a formal remediation plan for the health science programs to improve the success rate for student completion. This study may promote positive social change by standardizing the use of effective instructional techniques for remediation in the professional-track programs, thereby improving student retention and declining enrollment in the career college health science programs.

Most science centres in Canada employ science-educated floor staff to motivate visitorsto have fun while enhancing the educational reach of the exhibits. Although bright andsensitive to visitors’ needs, floor staff are rarely consulted in the planning,implementation, and modification phases of an exhibit. Instead, many developmentteams rely on costly third-party evaluations or skip the front-end and formativeevaluations all together, leading to costly errors that could have been avoided. This studywill seek to reveal a correlation between floor staff’s perception of visitors’ interactionswith an exhibit and visitors’ actual experiences. If a correlation exists, a recommendationcould be made to encourage planning teams to include floor staff in the formative andsummative evaluations of an exhibit. This is especially relevant to science centres withlimited budgets and for whom a divide exists between floor staff and management.In this study, a formative evaluation of one exhibit was conducted, measuring both floorstaff’s perceptions of the visitor experience and visitors’ own perceptions of the exhibit.Floor staff were then trained on visitor evaluation methods. A week later, floor staff andvisitors were surveyed a second time on a different exhibit to determine whether anincrease in accuracy existed.The training session increased the specificity of the motivation and comprehensionresponses and the enthusiasm of the staff, but not their ability to predict observedbehaviours with respect to ergonomics, learning indicators, holding power, and successrates. The results revealed that although floor staff underestimated visitors’ success ratesat the exhibits, staff accurately predicted visitors’ behaviours with respect to holdingpower, ergonomics, learning indicators, motivation and comprehension, both before andafter the staff training.

Utveckling av planeringssystem är ett komplext designproblem som kräver både en hög grad av flexibilitet men även struktur. I samband med planering är det ett flertal aktörer, aktiviteter och resurser som måste beaktas. Kunnandet när det gäller planering finns ofta koncentrerad till ett fåtal nyckelpersoner. Det är därför ingen tillfällighet att många företag, organisationer och även universitet idag bedriver sin planering i beprövade enanvändarsystem som Excel fast att det finns starkt behov för standardiserat fleranvändarsystem. Uppsala universitet är inget undantag trots dess storlek med över 40 000 studenter, 6 200 anställda, 130 utbildningsprogram och 2000 fristående kurser. Kursplaneringen bedrivs med hjälp av enanvändarsystem där man är beroende av ett antal nyckelpersoner för att planeringen skall fungera. Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka och belysa den problematik som finns i samband med utveckling av planeringssystem genom att utveckla en prototyp för ett kursplaneringssystem. Den forskningsstrategi som används är Design Science och den utvecklingsmetodik som används är Scrum. Prototypen har utvärderats regelbundet under utvecklingen genom formativ utvärdering. Uppsatsens kunskapsbidrag utgörs av metodkunskap som visar hur Scrum och Design Science kan kombineras samt modellkunskap som visar den grundläggande strukturen för ett kursplaneringssystem. / Development of planning system is a complex design problem that requires both a high degree of flexibility but also structure. In the context of planning, there are several actors, activities and resources that must be considered. Expertise in planning is often concentrated in a few key individuals. It is therefore no coincidence that many businesses, organizations and even universities currently conducts its planning in proven single-user system like Excel even though there is a strong need for standardized multi-user system. Uppsala University is no exception, despite its size, with over 40,000 students, 6,200 employees, 130 programs and 2000 courses. Course planning is conducted using single-user system and which is dependent on a number of key individuals to plan to work. The essay aims to investigate and illustrate the problems that are associated with the development of the planning system by developing a prototype of a course scheduling system. The research strategy used is Design Science and the development methodology that is used is Scrum. The prototype has been evaluated regularly during development through formative evaluation. The essays knowledge contribution is methodological knowledge that shows both how Scrum and Design Science can be combined and model knowledge, which shows the basic structure of a course scheduling system.

Abstract Titel Effektmätning av ett utbildningsprogram – genom lärande utvärdering Engelsk titel Effect Measurement of a Training Program – through Learning by Evaluating Handledare Lars Holmstrand Examinator Magnus Söderström Datum Juni 2011 Antal sidor 77 Nyckelord utvärdering, lärande, effektmätning, lärande utvärdering, formativ utvärdering Keywords evaluation, learning, effect measurement, learning by evaluating, formative evaluation The aim of this study was to investigate which effects a competence development effort has had on individuals and group, as well as in which way formative elements of evaluation possibly could have contributed to learning. The target group of the study was employees (eleven), their managers (seven) as well as co-ordinators (two) of a maintenance department at a nuclear power plant. The training program lasted from December 2009 to May 2010. The study was in progress as of September 2009 when a decision was made at the maintenance department’s training board to carry out the evaluation. The study is a comprehensive normal evaluation study focusing on learning by evaluation. As development model the Kirkpatrick, D.L & Kirkpatrick, J.D. (2005) ―Four level evaluation model‖ was chosen. The collected input consisted of interviews, documents, notes from meetings, surveys and dialogues. The dialogue situation has mainly taken place between the evaluator, the participants, the manager and others on the subject of the evaluation. The result showed that learning by evaluation may contribute to learning. The prerequisites are that managers are involved in the evaluation process in order to create the prerequisites for a good learning environment. What also is required is that there is a co-operation between the evaluator and the persons involved in the evaluation throughout the whole evaluation process. A prerequisite is also that the result of the evaluation is received and utilized. The driving force for the participants in order to transfer the learning to everyday life was mainly motivation and willingness which appeared in the interviews, but the prerequisites for enabling this to continue to develop is the engagement of the management and the support in the form of a good learning environment. This entails time for reflection and also that the organisation supports the learning process. For the management to gain the understanding of the competence which the training provides and thus to provide the prerequisites for support, it is required that they themselves participate in the training. For the individuals the competence development effort has among others led to results in the form of a strengthened self-confidence, a wider view on maintenance as well as an understanding of other human beings and professions. For the group it is yet too early in order to be able to see any results in a wider perspective. The solution to reach this is that 7 many more must participate in the training before results might be attained. In groups with more than one participant there are however tendencies towards an increase in output within the group. Different activities within the learning by evaluation showed that learning has taken place throughout the whole evaluation process in different ways. Different corrective actions and measures have been carried out continuously in order to attain the best possible learning process. The reviews after the examinations, which were led by some of the managers, gave an excellent example of how learning may take place for different persons involved through co-operation and dialogue. Uncertainties were clarified and taken care of during these meetings. Also a learning process took place concerning the development model itself, as well as its pros and cons. The result also showed the importance of the management’s engagement in order to stimulate the learning.

VitalSmarts® Crucial Conversations™ general program theory might be a possible countermeasure addressing organizational culture and communication factors affecting quality and safety. This practice inquiry reports: a VitalSmarts® Crucial Conversations™ general program logic model, a major medical center's Crucial Conversations™ historical implementation program logic model, a clinical exemplar central line associated blood stream infection program logic model; and, findings that describe the fidelity of the major medical center's Crucial Conversations™ historical implementation and clinical exemplar central line associated blood stream infection program logic model to the VitalSmarts® Crucial Conversations™ general program logic model. The results demonstrated there was no fidelity between the major medical center's Crucial Conversations™ program logic model and the VitalSmarts® Crucial Conversations™ general program logic model. The clinical exemplar CLABSI program logic model and VitalSmarts® Crucial Conversations™ general program logic model fidelity differed in intended outcomes. The results might suggest that program adaptability along with program fidelity are factors that influence program strength, and these factors must be uniquely balanced within organizational dynamics to realize intended outcomes. The formative evaluation and program logic model might be a feasible methodology and applicable tool for exploring quality and safety within complex adaptive systems, such as organizational culture, where constraints possibly could exclude more rigorous scientific methodologies until factors are more understood.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T20:50:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2009-05-27. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-08-11T03:25:55Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 Publico-11766.pdf: 767715 bytes, checksum: e846bf56619abd94514d7100a34d10e3 (MD5) / A avaliação e os instrumentos avaliativos continuam sendo um grande desafio no processo ensino-aprendizagem. Partindo desse entendimento, esta pesquisa tem como objetivo conhecer a importância[Otilia Se1] do portfólio no processo de ensino-aprendizagem, a partir da perspectiva dos estudantes e mentores que vivenciaram essa experiência no período do primeiro semestre de 2005 até o primeiro semestre de 2007, no[Otilia Se2][Microsoft3] Curso de Medicina da UNIMONTES. O desenho metodológico compreendeu os seguintes procedimentos: pesquisa bibliográfica e documental (os portfólios dos estudantes e as avaliações realizadas pelos mentores acerca dos estudantes) e questionário de perguntas abertas e fechadas. Os dados foram analisados pela técnica da Análise de Conteúdo com uso da Análise Temática. Os sujeitos da pesquisa foram os estudantes que iniciaram o Curso de Medicina em fevereiro de 2005 e um mentor que desenvolveu o portfólio com essa turma. Os resultados evidenciam que os estudantes estão comprometidos com o processo de ensinoaprendizagem. O portfólio possibilitou as percepções pessoais dos desempenhos dos discentes nos aspectos cognitivos, de habilidades e de atitudes e forneceu informações sobre as atividades curriculares. Os dados indicam que o portfólio atuou em vários níveis de avaliação: deu suporte ao processo de aprendizagem e autoaprendizagem; possibilitou a reflexão dos estudantes sobre seu próprio trabalho, identificando seus avanços e dificuldades; demonstrou o desempenho dos professores, das atividades pedagógicas e dos serviços de ensino, possibilitando um rico conhecimento sobre o caminhar de todo o curso. Segundo a pesquisa, o mentor tem relevante papel, ao mediar o desenvolvimento do desempenho do estudante. Assim, é evidente a necessidade de formação continuada por parte dos mentores e dos estudantes acerca dessa ferramenta avaliativa. Nesse contexto, o estudo aponta para a necessidade de reaprender conceitos e ressignificar a avaliação com a finalidade de torná-la mais efetiva e homogênea por parte dos docentes e dos discentes. Avaliar é importante para aperfeiçoar a pessoa, projetá-la, descobrir pontos positivos, que possam melhorá-la ainda mais, conhecer o que o estudante ainda não aprendeu para estimulá-lo a aprender, para mudar, transformar a sua forma de ser, pensar e agir. Palavras-chave: Portfólio, Avaliação Formativa, Autoavaliação, Perfil do Estudante, Curso de Medicina. / The evaluation process and evaluative instruments still remain a great challenge in the teaching-learning process. Based on this fact, the aim of this study was to identify the importance of the portfolio in the teaching-learning process, from the student´s and professor´s point of view who attend the Medical Course fin the first semester of 2005. The methodological design involved the following procedures: document research (students portfolio and the evaluation processes performed by tutors) and open closed format questions. Data were analyzed by means of Content Analysis with the aid of thematic analysis. The subjects of this research were students who started the Medical Course on February 2005 and a tutor who gave support during the course. The results showed that students are involved in the teaching-learning process. This instrument allowed personal perceptions of the student´s development regarding cognitive aspects, abilities, attitudes and also allowed to obtain information on curricular activities. Data showed that the portfolio operated in several levels of the evaluation process; gave support to the teaching-learning process and self-learning; allowed the students to make considerations on their own work environment, identifying improvements and difficulties; showed the professor´s performance, regarding pedagogical activities and teaching services, and brought a rich knowledge about development during the course. According to the research, the tutor had an important role when mediating the student´s development. It was obvious the need of a continuous education for tutor and students about evaluative instruments, emphasizing the necessity of reflections, readings and discussion on this issue. In this context, this study showed the importance to re-learn concepts and re-meaning the evaluation process aiming to make this process more effective and homogeneous by the professors and students. Evaluation helps the individual to develop, to project, to be able to discover positive points in order to improve oneself, also to get to know the student, stimulating him to learn, to change, to transform the way somebody thinks and acts. / TEDE / BV UNIFESP: Teses e dissertações

Esta dissertação é fruto da pesquisa que buscou investigar alguns modos de avaliação no regime da Progressão Continuada, que possuíssem características de uma avaliação formativa, considerando o dia a dia de sala de aula, o uso de diferentes instrumentos avaliativos, a visão dos professores e as orientações internas e externas que pudessem influenciar as ações voltadas à avaliação formativa. Para tanto, selecionamos uma Escola Estadual de Ensino Fundamental I do Estado de São Paulo cujas práticas eram tidas como referência em sua região e foram consideradas por nós como práticas inspiradoras compreendidas aqui como práticas que vão ao encontro da perspectiva de avaliação formativa, a qual implica o uso de instrumentos avaliativos de maneira que eles sirvam para mostrar ao professor os conhecimentos adquiridos pelos alunos e possibilitem, então, uma reorientação do caminho a ser seguido para que todos possam atingir os objetivos desejados. Nosso processo de investigação envolveu consulta ao Plano de Gestão Participativo (2015-2018), às Atas de reuniões de Aula de Trabalho Pedagógico Coletivo (ATPC) e às Atas de Conselhos de Classe, observações de reuniões de ATPC, de salas de aula (do 4º e 5º anos acompanhados) e de Conselhos de Classe e entrevistas (com a professora do 5º ano e com a professora-coordenadora). Os dados coletados foram analisados principalmente à luz do referencial teórico de avaliação formativa considerando as reflexões de Fernandes (2009), Hadji (2001), Luckesi (2011) e Perrenoud (1999) e do processo de aprendizagem descrito por Meirieu (1998). Evidenciou-se a justaposição de práticas que envolviam o processo avaliativo e, portanto, também de ensino e de aprendizagem. Entendemos que mudanças acontecem dentro de um processo que, no caso, ainda está em construção, havendo remodelamento para um percurso com novas culturas avaliativas, e isto, certamente, não se dá sem tensões, sem contradições. As ações do dia a dia de sala de aula demonstraram-se influenciadas por orientações internas e externas advindas dos momentos de planejamento e replanejamento, das avaliações externas e das parcerias que a escola realiza. Por sua vez, as práticas voltadas à avaliação formativa operacionalizaram-se na escola em atividades de sala de aula, nos momentos de recuperação e reforço e no Conselho de Classe Participativo. Destacamos, no contexto desta escola, o modo como a equipe pedagógica se posiciona frente aos problemas com que se depara: eles não se demonstram intimidados, buscam informações, estudam, trocam observações e propõem ações, reorientando seu percurso e suas decisões caso não tenham sido acertados de início. É este conjunto de fatores que nos permitiu afirmar que as práticas relacionadas à avaliação da aprendizagem dos alunos aqui descritas caracterizavam-se como inspiradoras. / This dissertation is the result of a research that sought to investigate some modes of evaluation in the Continuous Progression regime, which had the characteristics of a formative evaluation, considering the day-to-day classroom, the use of different assessment tools, the vision of the teachers and the internal and external orientations that could influence the actions directed to the formative evaluation. To that end, we selected a State Elementary School I of the State of São Paulo, whose practices were considered as a reference in their region and were considered by us as inspiring practices - understood here as practices that meet the perspective of for- which implies the use of evaluation tools so that they serve to show the teacher the knowledge acquired by the students and thus enable a reorientation of the path to be followed so that all can achieve the desired goals. Our research process involved consultation with the Participative Management Plan (2015-2018), minutes of meetings of the Collective Pedagogical Work Class (ATPC) and the minutes of Class Councils, observations of ATPC meetings, of classrooms (from the 4th and 5th years accompanied) and of Class Councils and interviews (with the teacher of the 5th year and with the teacher-coordinator). The collected data were analyzed mainly in the light of the theoretical reference of formative evaluation considering the reflections of Fernandes (2009), Hadji (2001), Luckesi (2011) and Perrenoud (1999) and the learning process described by Meirieu (1998). It was evidenced the juxtaposition of practices that involved the evaluation process and, therefore, also of teaching and learning. We understand that changes take place within a process that, in this case, is still under construction, re-modeling for a course with new evaluation cultures, and this, certainly does not happen without tensions, without contradictions. The day-to-day actions of the classroom have been influenced by internal and external orientations from the planning and replanning moments, the external evaluations and the partnerships that the school performs. On the other hand, the practices focused on formative evaluation were operationalized in the school in activities of classroom, in the moments of learning recovery and reinforcement and in the Participative Class Council. In the context of this school, we highlight the way in which the pedagogical team positions itself in front of the problems it faces: they are not intimidated, they seek information, they study, they exchange observations and they propose actions, reorienting their course and their decisions if they do not have been agreed at the outset. It is this set of factors that allowed us to affirm that the practices described here were characterized as inspiring.