Needs Assessment: A Valuable Tool for Educators

Conducting a needs assessment is crucial to evaluating whether lesson/unit goals and objectives have been met, and this article offers guidelines for doing so, along with ways to tailor lesson plans to the needs and abilities of a given classroom using a required curriculum. Topics covered include: Conducting an Instructional Diagnosis and Analysis; Components of a needs Assessment; Data Collection Methods; Designing Survey Questions; Data analysis; Evaluating Data. These principles may be applied in elementary through university settings.

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Availability:
Free
Publication Date:
2000
Authors:
R Patti Herring; Deborah McGill
Publisher:
The Journal of Adventist Education
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD  20904-6600

Phone: 301 680 5069
Email: goffc@gc.adventist.org
URL: https://www.journalofadventisteducation.org/
Resource Type:
Published Articles & Papers
Resource Objective:
Assessment & Evaluation
Level:
Kindergarten-Lifelong
Religious Origin:
Seventh-day Adventist