1. to determine or set the value of amount of;
appraise: to evaluate property. 2. to judge or dtermine the
significance, worth, or quality of; assess; to evaluate the results
of an experiment (Webster's. p 670).
gauge, assess, appraise; identify; classify, class,
categorize, catalog, sort, group, factor; estimate; rate, rank,
value, place or set a value on, prize, appreciate; size up or take
one's measure [informal], measure (Chapman, 1977).
Evaluating Use to show positive, negative, and interesting
attributes of a subject, concept, topic, solution, etc., in order to
determine the nature of the outcome and whether it will be worth
continuing or not. Assign subjective point values to each attribute
(1 to 5 and + or - points based on the significance of the
attribute), then total (de Bono, E., 1992).
It sounds weird, but I have made significant decisions using this
in conjunction with tossing a coin. If I call heads and it comes up
heads and that's what I want, I make my decision. If, however, I
decide to change my mind and go two out of three, it shows me what I
really want to do. The coin toss only works after you have weighed
your choices and need to make the final decision. See: Synectics,
Venn Diagram, Compare/Contrast
Matrix, Questions,
T-Chart, Ranking,
& KWLH
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