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2. Participant learning, which measures the skills and the knowledge acquired by theparticipants as a result of the training;3. Participant behaviours and actions level which considers the extent to which the onthe-job behaviours of the participants changed due to the training;4. Participant results level which focuses on assessing the overall improved productivity.2. Guskey's Evaluation ModelGusky‟s (2000) model is one of the most accepted evaluation models today. It adoptedsimilar ideas to those presented in the previously developed models as Kirkpatrik (1978) andStufflebeam (1971); However, Guskey's model is assumed to be more comprehensive andspecific. It gives a practical framework for evaluation where all parts of the whole scene canbe brought under the same scope (Muijs & Lindsy, 2005, p.5)This model consists of five levels which are hierarchically arranged from simple to complexinvolving:1. Participants‟ reactions2. Participants‟ learning3. Organizational support and change4. Participants' use of the new skills and knowledge5. Students' learning outcomesMoreover, Guskey suggests considering the following guiding notes when trying out hismodel of evaluating INSET. (Guskey, 2005, p.3)1. Each level is important and provides different types of information which can be usedin both formative and summative ways.2. Each level builds and depends on the level before, in the sense that one level leads tothe other, for example, teachers must have positive reactions to INSET beforeexpecting them to learn anything new from it. Also teachers need to gain new43