Browsing University of Galway Theses by Subject "Evaluation"
Now showing items 1-7 of 7
-
Evaluation of a markerless motion capture system in a Premier League Football Academy
(NUI Galway, 2021-08-17)Current practice of movement analysis in elite youth football Academies is largely qualitative and confounded by bias. This thesis aimed to investigate a novel Markerless motion capture system that attempts to infer ... -
An evaluation of the SPARX-R computerised mental health programme for improving mental health and wellbeing among adolescents attending alternative education
(2018-02-22)Introduction International evidence suggests that youth who leave mainstream education early have poorer mental health and social outcomes than their peers. In the European Union, 11.1% of youth leave mainstream education ... -
An evaluation of the use and impact of health promotion competencies in Europe
(NUI Galway, 2020-01-29)Introduction -While competency-based approaches have been developed in Health Promotion over the past three decades there has been limited focus on the evaluation of their use and impact. Five years after publication of ... -
The impact of knowledge transfer activities on farm level outcomes
(NUI Galway, 2018-10-12)Agricultural knowledge transfer (KT) activities are services that aim to improve farm level performance by building the capabilities of clients through improved problem solving, decision making and farm management skills. ... -
Leadership in theory-based evaluation: an exploration of the feasibility and added-value of incorporating a focus on leadership in programme evaluation
(2014-02-18)Evaluation is a relatively new field that is becoming increasingly embedded in society as a social activity supporting modern norms and values. Theory-based evaluations are a contemporary approach to evaluation that aim ... -
A life course perspective: Life course learning for adult learners in Higher Education - an examination of the NUI Diploma in Applied Social Studies and the BA in Applied Social Studies
(NUI Galway, 2018-09-28)This research study examines the concept of the life course and why it may be considered an issue of critical importance in the context of teaching and learning policy and practice for adult learners in higher education. ... -
A prospective evaluation of involuntary admission from the viewpoint of service users
(2016-09-19)Introduction: Involuntary admission is often a traumatic experience for patients and it is associated with negative attitudes which can persist after the episode of illness has abated. Aims: The aims of the study were ...