Donald Kirkpatrick

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Donald Kirkpatrick is known for creating the training evaluation model. This model consists of four levels of learning evaluation. Kirkpatrick's ideas were first published in 1959, in a series of articles in the US Training and Development Journal.

The four levels of Kirkpatrick's evaluation model essentially measure:

• Reaction of student - what they thought and felt about the training
• Learning - the resulting increase in knowledge or capability
• Behavior - extent of behavior and capability improvement and implementation/application
• Results - the effects on the business or environment resulting from the trainee's performance

All levels of evaluation are important. Sometimes people skip the "level 1" evaluation because it doesn't directly relate to learning; however, if the student is distracted by something in the learning experience, his or her ability to learn can be impacted. Levels 3 and 4 are the most important because a difference in behavior is what we strive for. Levels 1 and 2 should be measured to make sure nothing gets in the way related to the training event/solution itself.

[edit] External links

• Detailed article from the Encyclopedia of Educational Technology: "Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation"

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