title: Depicting the logic of three evaluation theories.
abstract: Here, we describe the development of logic models depicting three theories of evaluation practice: Practical Participatory (Cousins & Whitmore, 1998), Values-engaged (Greene, 2005a, 2005b), and Emergent Realist (Mark et al., 1998). We begin with a discussion of evaluation theory and the particular theories that were chosen for our analysis. We then outline the steps involved in constructing the models. The theoretical prescriptions and claims represented here follow a logic model template developed at the University Wisconsin-Extension (Taylor-Powell & Henert, 2008), which also closely aligns with Mark's (2008) framework for research on evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Social Research Methodology Division, Department of Education, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, United States. markhansen@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Marvin C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Alkin
authors.forename: Tanner Lebaron
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008128:Logic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design