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Evaluating Demonstrations
The evaluation of a demonstration, simply put, is
a matter of asking the right questions. The questions to be asked are:
- "How well was the demonstration designed and conducted?"
AND
- "How well did the demonstration accomplish the purpose?"
Illustration:
In order to illustrate this evaluation, consider a wheat variety
demonstration. In order to know how well the demonstration was designed and conducted,
some of the pertinent questions for this demonstration might be:
- Was the demonstration adequately designed?
 | Site selection appropriate? |
| Representative soil? |
| Signs attractive and appropriate? |
| Well traveled location? |
| designed to attract attention? |
| _______________________ ? |
| _______________________ ? |
- Was the demonstration adequately conducted?
| Row spacing and direction suitable? |
| Planting and cultivation well managed? |
| Results effectively displayed? |
| _______________________ ? |
| _______________________ ? |
Next, we must ask if the demonstration, as designed and conducted accomplished
its purpose. Pertinent questions might be:
- Did the demonstration show the differences between the varieties?
| Yield differences? |
| Plant differences? |
| Drought resistance? |
| Insect resistance? |
| Disease resistance? |
| _______________________ ? |
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- Did the demonstration result in farmers considering and adopting the varieties most
suitable to their situation?
| Viewed the demonstration? |
| Considered the varieties? |
| Adopted the appropriate varieties? |
| _______________________ ? |
| _______________________ ? |
 
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