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Donald Kirkpatrick (March 15, 1924 – May 9, 2014).. was Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin in the United States and a past president of the ... DonaldKirkpatrick FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch DonaldKirkpatrick(March15,1924–May9,2014)..wasProfessorEmeritusattheUniversityofWisconsinintheUnitedStatesandapastpresidentoftheAmericanSocietyforTrainingandDevelopment(ASTD).Heisbestknownforcreatingahighlyinfluential'fourlevel'modelfortrainingcourseevaluation,whichservedasthesubjectofhisPh.D.dissertationin1954.Kirkpatrick'sideaswerepublishedtoabroaderaudiencein1959inaseriesofarticlesintheUSTrainingandDevelopmentJournal,buttheyarebetterknownfromabookhepublishedin1994entitledEvaluatingTrainingPrograms.OtherbooksthathehaswrittenontrainingevaluationincludeTransferringLearningtoBehaviorandImplementingtheFourLevels. Contents 1FourLevelsofLearningEvaluation 2Bibliography 3References 4Externallinks FourLevelsofLearningEvaluation[edit] Kirkpatrick'sfourlevelsaredesignedasasequenceofwaystoevaluatetrainingprograms.Manypractitionersbelievethatasyouproceedthrougheachofthelevels,theevaluationbecomesmoredifficultandrequiresmoretime.Clomedia.comEditorsuggests"itisbesttolookatthelevelsasacategorizationscheme(i.e.,theiroriginalpurpose)inordertoguideyourstaffinwhatlevelstoapplytotheevaluationtask".[1]Inpractice,then,itiscommonfortrainerstogetstuckinLevels1and2andneverproceedtoLevels3and4,wherethemostusefuldataexist.Today,Kirkpatrick-certifiedfacilitatorsstress"startingwiththeendinmind,"essentiallybeginningwithLevel4andmovingbackwardinordertobetterestablishthedesiredoutcomebeforeeverplanningthetrainingprogram.[2]Whendonestrategically,reachingtheselevelsdoesnothavetobeanymoreexpensiveortimeconsuming,butwillstillhelptoensureon-the-jobperformanceoflearnedbehaviorsandskills. ThefourlevelsofKirkpatrick'sevaluationmodelareasfollows: Reaction-Thedegreetowhichparticipantsfindthetrainingfavorable,engagingandrelevanttotheirjobs Learning-Thedegreetowhichparticipantsacquiretheintendedknowledge,skills,attitude,confidenceandcommitmentbasedontheirparticipationinthetraining Behavior-Thedegreetowhichparticipantsapplywhattheylearnedduringtrainingwhentheyarebackonthejob Results-Thedegreetowhichtargetedoutcomesoccurasaresultofthetrainingandthesupportandaccountabilitypackage Severalauthorshavesuggestedanadditionofafifthlevelofevaluation.JJPhillipshasarguedfortheadditionofaReturnonInvestment(ROI)level,whichisessentiallyaboutcomparingthefourthlevelofthestandardmodeltotheoverallcostsoftraining.[3]RogerKaufmanhasarguedthatROIisessentiallyaLevel4typeofevaluationbecauseitisstillinternaltotheorganizationandthatafifthlevelofevaluationshouldfocusontheimpactoftheorganizationonexternalclientsandsociety.[4][5][6] Bibliography[edit] Kirkpatrick,DonaldL.,&Kirkpatrick,J.Davy(1994).EvaluatingTrainingPrograms,Berrett-KoehlerPublishers Kirkpatrick,DonaldL.,&Kirkpatrick,J.Davy(2005).TransferringLearningtoBehavior,Berrett-KoehlerPublishers Kirkpatrick,DonaldL.,&Kirkpatrick,J.Davy(2007).ImplementingtheFourLevels,Berrett-KoehlerPublishers References[edit] ^EvaluationasaStrategicToolClomedia.comEditor-5/17/04 ^EdForest:KirkpatrickModel:FourLevelsofLearningEvaluation,EducationalTechnology ^Phillips,J.(1996).Howmuchisthetrainingworth?TrainingandDevelopment,50(4),20-24. ^Watkins,R.,Leigh,D.,Foshay,R.andKaufman,R.(1998).KirkpatrickPlus:EvaluationandContinuousImprovementwithaCommunityFocus.EducationalTechnologyResearch&Development,46(4):90-96. ^Kaufman,R.(1996).StrategicThinking:AGuidetoIdentifyingandSolvingProblems.Arlington,VA.&Washington,D.C.JointlypublishedbytheAmericanSocietyforTraining&DevelopmentandtheInternationalSocietyforPerformanceImprovement. ^Kaufman,R.(2000).MegaPlanning:PracticalToolsforOrganizationalSuccess.ThousandOaks,CA.SagePublications.(AlsoPlanificaciónMega:Herramientaspracticasparalelexitoorganizacional.(2004).TraduccióndeSoniaAgut.UniversitatJaumeI,CastellódelaPlana,Espana.) Externallinks[edit] DonKirkpatrick:TheFatheroftheFourLevels-(BiographicalarticlefromChiefLearningOfficerMagazine,November2009):"[1]" ReportofDr.Kirkpatrick'spassingaway:"https://web.archive.org/web/20140627121849/http://www.workforce.com/articles/20467-four-levels-of-measurement-creator-don-kirkpatrick-dies" Kirkpatrickwebsite:"http://www.kirkpatrickpartners.com/OurPhilosophy/tabid/66/Default.aspx" AuthoritycontrolGeneral IntegratedAuthorityFile(Germany) ISNI 1 VIAF 1 WorldCat Nationallibraries Spain UnitedStates CzechRepublic Korea Netherlands Poland Other FacetedApplicationofSubjectTerminology SUDOC(France) 1 Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Donald_Kirkpatrick&oldid=1055802343" Categories:1924births2014deathsAmericanacademicsAmericanmalewritersUniversityofWisconsin–MadisonfacultyHiddencategories:ArticleswithGNDidentifiersArticleswithISNIidentifiersArticleswithVIAFidentifiersArticleswithWORLDCATIDidentifiersArticleswithBNEidentifiersArticleswithLCCNidentifiersArticleswithNKCidentifiersArticleswithNLKidentifiersArticleswithNTAidentifiersArticleswithPLWABNidentifiersArticleswithFASTidentifiersArticleswithSUDOCidentifiers Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages العربيةDeutschفارسیFrançaisمصرىPolski Editlinks