Evaluating the Impact of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Table 12. Methods used to evaluate participants’ use of new knowledge and skills
(%).
No Yes
Questionnaires to participants 56.8 43.2
Interviews with participants 19.0 81.0
Reflective learning logs/ journals 83.1 16.9
Classroom observations of participants 9.8 90.2
Interviews with pupils 54.1 45.9
Pupil attitude measures 75.8 24.2
Documentary evidence 41.4 58.6
Assessment by line manager 21.8 78.2
Participants’ use of new knowledge and skills was most frequently evaluated
using classroom observation, interviews with participants and assessment by
their line manager (Table 13). Pupil attitude measures and reflective learning
logs and journals were rarely used.
Table 13. Methods used to evaluate pupil learning outcomes (%).
No Yes
Questionnaires to participants 70.2 29.8
Interviews with participants 38.5 61.5
Reflective learning logs/ journals 88.5 11.5
Classroom observations of participants 7.4 92.6
Pupil outcome measures 13.1 86.9
Interviews with pupils 45.3 54.7
Pupil attitude measures 65.4 34.6
Documentary evidence 44.0 56.0
Classroom observation was also the dominant mode of evaluating pupil learning,
according to CPD leaders, followed by pupil learning outcome measures.
Learning logs and questionnaires to participants were infrequently used.
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