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Process and Product in ESL Program Evaluation
Author(s) -
LONG MICHAEL H.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
tesol quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.737
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1545-7249
pISSN - 0039-8322
DOI - 10.2307/3586712
Subject(s) - process (computing) , product (mathematics) , computer science , linguistics , psychology , sociology , process management , mathematics education , programming language , business , mathematics , philosophy , geometry
A traditional distinction in the literature on program evaluation is that between formative and summative evaluation (Scriven 1967). It is argued here, however, that a process/product distinction is important, too. Process evaluation, in particular, addresses issues which are often ignored by formative studies, but which are of special interest where second language programs are concerned. Process evaluations can usefully draw upon the procedures and findings of classroom‐centered research on language learning,