Finally, we present a formal evaluation of the narratives that StoryBook produces.
Quantitative evaluation, including 15 items that rated the relevance, usefulness, and overall quality of the program and teaching approaches, and qualitative evaluation in the form of narrative comments about the program's most and least useful aspects, support the value of the approach.
[ 8- 10] Likewise, the evaluation of case study narratives has been used to improve clinical skills [ 11].
The survey also revealed long-term benefits of narrative evaluations.
The current project aims at better understanding how narrative characteristics in stories function in the liking, moral evaluation, and enjoyment of narratives featuring morally ambiguous characters (MACs).
The evaluation collected narrative accounts (case reports) of the use of technology in action [ 16], within the broader context of use of information sources in the workplace.
All of this work — animation, acting, computer programming, player evaluation and more — is done in the service of narrative.
The evaluation rubric included nine criteria; these are: Purpose, Plot, Pacing of Narrative, Dramatic Question, Story Content, Grammar and Language Usage, Technological Competence, Emotional Content and Economy of Content.
The evaluation provides a narrative account of outcomes of the HEAR-ME project derived from routine project reports and qualitative data collection, as well as providing a brief analysis on intended and unintended process impact to make recommendations on future HIV and Gender programming for adolescents and young people in Lesotho.
Beware the grammar of narrative.
