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To meet the specific needs of a small, localized program like that of the PFF Fellows, an evaluation should employ the case study design. A predominantly qualitative research method, the case study is designed to examine a subject in its natural setting and, in our case, to provide an appreciative, focused assessment of the individual concerns and idiosyncrasies of the program under consideration. By virtue of engaging with the people involved with the program itself, the case study can offer a respectful, expressive, sympathetic perspective on a program. Attending to the community within a program as it does, the case study method of interviews, surveys, and other anecdotal feedback instruments is ideal for a program of moderate scope and experiential nature. Since its approach is qualitative, the case study provides descriptive data that lead to an increased understanding of the program among all stakeholders, and can help facilitate discussion and relationship-building during the consideration of results. A program of modest size and close connection is accordingly a fine candidate for a case study evaluation.

The case study design was selected for two principal reasons: first, because the PFF Fellows program is not being compared with any other group – this is a formative evaluation seeking information that will improve the Fellows program, not a summative evaluation comparing its merit to that of other similar and potentially implementable programs; second, because both the PFF Fellows program’s own measures of success and the key questions guiding this evaluation (how well prepared did faculty feel, how satisfied are they with their current positions and their career arcs, etc.) are primarily qualitative themselves.

Other facets of the program contribute to making a case study design feasible. Since this evaluation’s foremost concern with the data is that they bear directly on local aspects of the PFF Fellows program, generalizability of results is not paramount. Also, since this evaluation is assessing the program from the perspective of present and past participants, it is not an experiment; pretreatment data are unnecessary when there is to be no treatment. The case study design similarly favors programs where processes are to be scrutinized, and in this particular evaluation, the approach, intervention, and guidance of the PFF Fellows program, not the value of the product, are to be explored. Finally, the PFF Fellows program is young and still developing; consequently, an evaluation that assesses which elements of the program have proven beneficial and which yet stand to be improved would fit the current state of the program, introducing few pressures or outside influences into the program itself and allowing for the naturalistic engagement so critical to a fruitful qualitative evaluation.

1- Which of the following could most reasonably be inferred from this passage?
A- an evaluation of the PFF Fellows program would benefit from naturalistic engagement
B- a summative evaluation would add to a complete assessment of the PFF Fellows program
C- a formative evaluation is not appropriate when evaluating a program of vast scope
D- a proper evaluation of the PFF Fellows program will require pretreatment data
E- evaluation is unlikely to yield meaningful results when applied to major sociocultural institutions

2- What is the primary purpose of this passage?
A- to recommend an approach
B- to criticize an approach
C- to define a method
D- to undermine a tradition
E- to identify a candidate for research

3- Which of the following best describes the function of the third paragraph in this passage?
A- to voice a prominent concern
B- to answer a number of possible objections
C- to explain the results of a study
D- to illustrate a method already introduced
E- to rebut critics of the author


参考答案：
AAB

屯个名字

P1:case study design的优点

P2:为什么PFF Fellows适合case study design

P3:其他有利于case study design可行性的方面

AAB 6'00"

SamHKG700

第一段：引出对案例研究可以使用的办法the PFF Fellows 以及它的好处
第二段：选择案例教学的两个原因
第三段：介绍了一个案例研究的其他可行性方面。PFF Fellows程序的可行之处和好处

svwma

AAB

Erebuslee

p1 PFF需要使用案例教学的原因
p2 案例教学的两个原则
p3 案例教学可行的其他原因——3点+未来的发展方向，

1 A
2 A
3 B

GengJyyy

AAA
1. 介绍案例教学，案例教学的好处（递进）
2. 选择案例教学的两个原因
3. 其他方面的程序也可贡献于案例教学

123ffff

PFF使用case study, 好处
why select case study- 1). PFF不会被比较  2).PFF自己是qualitative
其他facets: 1,2,3
整个立场应该是说case study这个evaluation好
AAD

iamvv

AAD
1：个案研究的特点及好处
2：个案研究适用于这个项目的两个原因
3：其他适用原因

loki_wonton

P1
PFF evaluation case study design
case study defination
P2
two principal reasons:
1.PFF not compared, formative evaluation
2.PFF own meansure qualitive
P3
Other facets:
1.data -- local
2.pretreatment data unnecessary
3.PFF young --> improve

1.A
2.C
3.B

断了的弦

AAD