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Scriven, Michael was born on March 28, 1928 in Beaulieu, United Kingdom.
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Written by one of the leaders in evaluation, Evaluation Thesaurus, Fourth Edition, provides readers with a quick analysis of the leading concepts, positions, acronyms, processes, techniques, and checklists in the field of evaluation. Containing nearly 2000 entries, Michael Scriven's thesaurus offers professionals and students a guide for understanding the relation of evaluation to the doctrine of value-free social science, ways to integrate the parts of multi-dimensional evaluations into an overall rating, the realities of evaluation consulting, and techniques for the use of spreadsheets in qualitative evaluation.
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Scriven, Michael was born on March 28, 1928 in Beaulieu, United Kingdom.
Bachelor in Mathematics with honors, University Melbourne, Australia, 1948. Master of Arts in Mathematics and Philosophy, University Melbourne, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford (England) University, 1956.
Teaching assistant mathematics Department, University Melbourne, 1949;
instructor philosophy Department, University Minnesota, 1952-1956;
research associate Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Minnesota, 1953-1956;
assistant professor philosophy, Swarthmore College, 1956-1960;
professor of history and philosophy of science, Indiana U., 1960-1966;
professor philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1966-1978;
special assistant to vice-chancellor, University of California, Berkeley, 1975-1977;
professor education, University of California, Berkeley, 1975-1978;
fellow, Institute Higher Studies, Santa Barbara, 1976-1990;
university professor, director Evaluation Institute, U. San Francisco, 1978-1982;
professor department education, U. Western Australia, 1982-1990;
director Center Tertiary Education Studies, U. Western Australia, 1983-1990;
professor, director Evaluation Institute, Pacific Graduate School Psychology, Palo Alto, California, 1989-1992;
professor psychology, Claremont (California) Graduate U., since 1997. Fellow Center Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, California, 1963. Alfred North Whitehead fellow for advanced study in education Harvard University, 1970-1971.
Senior national lecturer in evaluation Nova U., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1973-1990. Distinguished visiting scholar Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Psychology, U. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1965, 80, Ednl. Testing Svc., Princeton, New Jersey, 1970.
Director model training program for evaluators National Institute Education, 1972-1973. Consultant professor Graduate School Education, Stanford University, 1990-1992. Adjunct Professor philosophy Western Michigan U., 1990-1994.
Senior fellow in evaluation National Science Foundation, 1992-1993.
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Member American Evaluation Association (Lazarsfeld medal 1986, president 1999), American Evaluation Association.