{"product_id":"improvement-science-in-evaluation-methods-and-uses-new-directions-for-evaluation-number-153-paperback","title":"Improvement Science in Evaluation: Methods and Uses: New Directions for Evaluation, Number 153 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristina a. Christie\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMoira Inkelas\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSebastian Lemire\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile improvement science has experienced a surge of interest over the past 30 years, applications of it are rare in the evaluation literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis issue promotes the cross-fertilization of ideas, techniques, and tools between evaluation and improvement science. There are at least four areas where this cross-fertilization is particularly relevant: learning from error, examining variation, appreciating context, and focusing on systems change. This volume considers: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe conceptual similarities and distinctions between improvement science and evaluation;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe intellectual foundations, methods, and tools that collectively comprise improvement science; and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ecase chapters that offer an inspiring review of state-of-the-art improvement science applications.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eCutting across all of these applications is a shared grounding in systems thinking, a determination to capture and better understand variation and contextual complexity, as well as a sustained commitment to generative learning about projects and programs--all issues of great concern to evaluators. The issue offers producers and users of evaluations the potential benefits of a closer engagement with improvement science.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the 153rd issue in the \u003cb\u003eNew Directions for Evaluation\u003c\/b\u003e series from Jossey-Bass. It is an official publication ofthe American Evaluation Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristina A. Christie\u003c\/b\u003e is professor and chair of the Department of Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoira Inkelas\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and assistant director of the Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSebastian Lemire\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctoral candidate in the Social Research Methodology Division in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779427336480,"sku":"9781119378662","price":41.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a56b6a6a3ec8f3bc963c5d2095c851c5.webp?v=1780516963","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/improvement-science-in-evaluation-methods-and-uses-new-directions-for-evaluation-number-153-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}