Spring 2026 SOWK 460w Week 07 - Building the Foundation of a Program Evaluation

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Flowchart illustrates the first five steps in program evaluation: identifying evaluation question, conceptualizing and operationalizing questions, picking and defining method, and selecting sample. Text elaborates on evaluation goals.

A slide titled “Developing a Research Question” lists questions to guide research development, such as topic, context, goals, question nature, and relationships. Additional text includes attribution and course information.

Object: Three-slide presentationAction: Describing a problem-solving processContext: Focuses on the topic of pornography among students, with numbered steps and examples outlined. Includes references to school environments and educational programs. Contains text: Left slide: 'Starting with the nature of the issue, make a statement about the problem and identify what group is being impacted that includes what your belief is the overall correlation.'Middle slide:Suppose the problem you are interested in is increased viewing of pornography among high school students. The answers from Step 1 might lead to several questions:Example:1. Topic: pornographyScope: high schoolDV: viewing experience of watching pornIV: Watching porn with friendsReference: N/AMain Question:How prevalent is watching pornography among high school students?Right slide:3. Topic: pornographyScope: high schoolDV: whether education programme is effective at influencing pornographic viewingIV: peer influencesReference: N/AMain Question:What education programmes have been shown to reduce risks of pornographic viewing among high school students?''Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University' '(O’Leary, 2018)' 'Spring 2026 SOWK 460w'

Slide displays a guide for developing research questions, featuring two columns labeled “Potential Question 1” and “Potential Question 2.” Each lists categories: Topic, Context, Goal, Nature of Question, Relationships, and Question. The slide is titled “Developing a Research Question.” “Step 2” is highlighted.

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Arrow icon points to text: 'Click link Evaluation for Leaders.' A list titled 'Complete one as a group' includes: Parenting and infant health, Youth smoking cessation, Senior fall prevention, Neighborhood crime prevention. Link: [communitysolutions.ca/logic-model-puzzles](https://www.communitysolutions.ca/logic-model-puzzles). Text below: 'Evaluation Resources.' Additional info: Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LICSW at Heritage University, Spring 2026 SOWK 460w.

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Slide text discusses logic models, posing a question: 'What information do you need to evaluate the processes and outcomes of the program effectively?' Background includes names and university affiliation.

A presentation slide titled 'Writing About Your Description of the Program' lists various components: need, context, population addressed, stage of development, resources, activities, outputs, outcomes, and impact. Authored by Jacob Campbell, Ph.D., LICSW at Heritage University, it is designed for Spring 2026 SOWK 460w.

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Dr. Jacob Campbell

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Description

Students will be submitting their logic models this week and should be considering their agency as a whole. The reading from Royse (2023) looks at formative and process evaluations, and we will start class by looking at some of the considerations we should have for process evaluations and then moving on to consider your research question. This will help students to narrow down exactly what part of the program you are evaluating is being examined. Student will complete their logic models this week. During class, we will discuss how to use our logic models to develop a program description. There will also be a discussion about presentations, and students will be able to complete midterm feedback.

The agenda for the class session includes:

Developing a research question
Presentation planning
Developing a program description
Midterm feedback

Learning objectives this week include

Critically reflect on contributions to the program evaluation project.
Identify and describe the seven foci of process evaluations.
Develop a clear and focused research question for a program evaluation.
Use a program logic model to identify key information about an agency.