4. Maxine is an educational computer technology expert with the \"XYZ School Dis

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4. Maxine is an educational computer technology expert with the "XYZ School District." The district has charged to do long-term instructional technology training for k-12 teachers. Maxine wants to assess how the training is going now so she can make any necessary changes over the next several months. So, she collects data from participating teachers that have been in the training so far. She also collects information from other experienced teachers who had received training prior to Maxine joining the school district two years ago. She also looks at current job performance measures of those participating in the training to assess their progress in IT. Maxine is best illustrating which of the following?

a. Basic research

b. Formative evaluation

c. Summative evaluation

d. Qualitative methods

e. Mixed methodology

Explanation / Answer

The answer is Option E, mixed methodology. This is because she is collecting information from two different sources - participating teachers in the training program, experienced teachers who have already received the program. In addition, she is applying a performance measurement method to assess IT skills of those in the program. Thus there is a combination of methodologies that is being utilised to carry out the study. It’s not a basic research, neither an evaluation. It also isn’t just quantitative methods because performance measurements are usually quantitative. Thus the answer has to be E.

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