Expert intuition is increasingly considered to be a valid form of knowledge, and research has proven its effectiveness in judgment and decision making in various fields. Theorists seem to recognize the contributions of intuition within evaluative practice, but it has never been well-documented. This article presents a study on expert intuition, addressing the manner in which intuition is developed, as well as how it contributes to producing judgments in the specific context of program evaluation. In-depth, in-person interviews were conducted with eight novice evaluators and eight experienced evaluators in order to assess the contributions of experience and expertise. Two key observations emerged from interview analyses. The first was that intuition is developed through a long, complex, and demanding process in which reflective analysis of experiments, successes, and failures play an essential role; the second was that the development of intuition is fostered by expertise and experience.

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直觉在评价性判断和决策中的作用

专家直觉越来越被认为是一种有效的知识形式，研究已经证明了它在各个领域的判断和决策中的有效性。理论家似乎承认直觉在评价实践中的贡献，但它从未被充分记录过。本文介绍了一项关于专家直觉的研究，探讨了直觉的发展方式，以及它如何有助于在项目评估的特定背景下产生判断。与八名新手评估员和八名经验丰富的评估员进行了深入的面对面访谈，以评估经验和专业知识的贡献。访谈分析得出了两个关键观察结果。第一个是直觉是通过长期的、复杂的、对实验、成功和失败的反思分析在其中发挥重要作用的苛刻过程；第二个是直觉的发展是由专业知识和经验促进的。