{"id":141,"date":"2025-10-03T13:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T17:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/?post_type=part&#038;p=141"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:36:55","slug":"evaluation-definitions-approaches-and-questions","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/part\/evaluation-definitions-approaches-and-questions\/","title":{"raw":"Evaluation: definitions, approaches and questions","rendered":"Evaluation: definitions, approaches and questions"},"content":{"raw":"<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-754\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part4-hummingbird.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"227\" \/>\r\n\r\n<em>\u201cEvaluating is a natural thought process that enables humans to assess their environment\u201d <\/em>(House, 2015, p. 127)","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-754\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part4-hummingbird.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part4-hummingbird.png 461w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part4-hummingbird-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part4-hummingbird-65x32.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part4-hummingbird-225x111.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2533\/2025\/10\/part4-hummingbird-350x172.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEvaluating is a natural thought process that enables humans to assess their environment\u201d <\/em>(House, 2015, p. 127)<\/p>\n<div class=\"media-attributions clear\" prefix:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" prefix:dc=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/\"><h2>Media Attributions<\/h2><ul><li >Part 4 Hummingbird       <\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-141","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/141\/revisions\/755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=141"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/foundationsofevaluation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}