Evaluation is the process of systematically and systemically examining data to determine merit and worth of performance goals at the organizational, individual, and project level. While instructional design literature often references the need for formative, summative, and confirmative evaluation, research has shown that instructional designers continue to struggle with integrating evaluative techniques in practice. The purpose of this study was to conduct a qualitative investigation to explore the challenges instructional designers face while conducting evaluations. Through the use of semi‐structured interviews that utilized the critical‐incident technique, results indicated that instructional designers must contend with a variety of project constraints while attempting to evaluate design solutions throughout a project. Specific themes revealed that there is a disconnect between the evaluative techniques instructional designers would like to include and clients understanding the value that evaluation can bring to their projects. Additional recommendations are discussed, and suggestions for future research are offered.

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教学设计师在进行评估时遇到的挑战的探索

评估是系统地和系统地检查数据以确定组织，个人和项目级别的绩效目标的价值和价值的过程。虽然教学设计文献经常提到对形成性，总结性和确认性评估的需求，但研究表明，教学设计者仍在努力将评估技术整合到实践中。这项研究的目的是进行定性调查，以探索教学设计师在进行评估时所面临的挑战。通过使用利用关键事件技术的半结构式访谈，结果表明，教学设计师必须在尝试评估整个项目的设计解决方案时应对各种项目约束。具体主题表明，教学设计人员希望包括的评估技术与客户理解评估可以为他们的项目带来的价值之间存在脱节。讨论了其他建议，并提供了未来研究的建议。