Michael Scriven
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1928 England |
| Known for | Theory and practice of evaluation |
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Michael Scriven (born 1928[1]) is a British-born polymath and academic, best known for his contributions to the theory and practice of evaluation.
Background
Scriven holds a master of science degree in mathematics from the University of Melbourne and a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oxford.[2] He has spent most of his career in the United States.
Scriven is a past president of the American Educational Research Association and the American Evaluation Association. He is also an editor and co-founder of the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation. He is currently a professor at Claremont Graduate University.
Scholarly contributions
Scriven has made significant contributions in the fields of philosophy, psychology, critical thinking, mathematics, and, most notably, evaluation methods in public policy and the social sciences (he invented checklists for programme evaluation). Scriven's work in education has influenced the work of many scholars, including that of Robert E. Stake, Ernest R. House, and Gene V Glass.
He has produced over 400 scholarly publications and has served on the editorial review boards of 42 journals.
Awards
Scriven has been awarded numerous awards, including:
- Lazarfeld Prize, awarded by the American Evaluation Association for outstanding research contributions to the field of evaluation (1986)
- Donald Campbell Award of the Policy Studies Association (citation reads "...as an outstanding methodological innovator in public policy studies") (1996)
- Wilbert J. McKeachie award for lifetime contribution to the study of faculty evaluation and development, awarded by the Special Interest Group on Faculty Evaluation and Development of the American Educational Research Association (1996+)
- Honorary Fellow of the American Education Research Association (AERA) for lifetime contributions to education research (1996+)
- Jason Millman award for lifetime contribution to evaluation, awarded by CREATE (Coalition for Research and Evaluation on Teacher Education) (1996+)
- Robert Ingle award for outstanding service to the American Evaluation Association (1996+)
- Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Teaching of Philosophy, American Association of Teachers of Philosophy, Toledo, Ohio (2004)
- Honorary Member, Phi Beta Kappa, Theta chapter of Michigan (2006)
Listings
- Who’s Who in America
- Who’s Who in Australia
- American Men of Education
- International Scholars Directory, The Writers Directory
- Directory of American Scholars
- Dictionary of International Biography
Scriven number
In 2012, an article published in the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation[3] posed the necessity of a Scriven number. Similar to an Erdös number, a Scriven number describes a person’s degree of separation from Dr. Scriven through published collaborations directly with him or with others who have collaborated with him. Michael Scriven holds the unique Scriven number of 0 while any persons publishing directly with him hold a Scriven number of 1. In addition, those who have published with those individuals who have directly published with Dr. Scriven hold a Scriven number of 2. This algorithmic format continues indefinitely. For those published with multiple papers with paths to Dr. Scriven, the shortest path will serve as the Scriven number. This type of number is hypothesized to help centralize the field of evaluation.
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External links
- Michael Scriven's Faculty Page at Claremont Graduate University
- The Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation
- EPAA Bio
- Scriven interview
- Talk given by Dr. Scriven at Western Michigan University's Evaluation Center: Conceptual Revolutions About Evaluation; Past and Future
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| Preceded by James Popham |
President of the | Succeeded by Ellis B. Page |
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