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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Griffee, Dale T. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2005
Interviewing is a popular way of gathering qualitative research data because it is perceived as "talking," and talking is natural. This column discusses the type of interview most often used in educational evaluation: the semistructured interview. A semistructured interview means questions are predetermined, but the interviewer is free to ask for…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Qualitative Research, Interviews, Educational Research
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Griffee, Dale T. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2004
The purpose of this article is to discuss the problem of illusion in research, especially in program evaluation. Currently, there are multiple research traditions in program evaluation. Nevertheless, all research orientations are concerned with the role of researchers, for example, how they interpret their data and what evidence they offer for…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Program Evaluation, Evaluators, Educational Research
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Griffee, Dale T. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2004
Despite its widespread use in evaluation data analysis, statistical testing has come under persistent criticism resulting in calls for its rethinking, and even possible elimination (Carver, 1978, 1993). Saxon and Boylan issue a call "to strengthen developmental education research and to make it more accessible" (2003, p. 2). Among the types of…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Program Evaluation, Data Analysis, Testing