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Ellen Iverson, MESI Graduate Assistant
Director of Evaluation at the Science Education
Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
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Logic Model
Theory of Change
Theory of Action
Program Theory
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Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model
Development Guide
Logic Model
Theory of
Change
Theory of Action
Program
Theory
How a given program, project,
strategy, or policy is
understood to influence or
contribute to specific
outcomes
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Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic
Model Development Guide
Logic Model
A systematic and visual way
to show relationships among
the resources of a program,
project, strategy, or policy as
well as the activities and the
intended results
Theory of Change
Theory of Action
Program Theory
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Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic
Model Development Guide
http://serc.carleton.edu/cismi/2011_hhmi_prop.html
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Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic
Model Development Guide
http://serc.carleton.edu/isme/workshop2012/framework.html
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Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic
Model Development Guide
Logic Model
Theory of
Change
How change comes about and
what are the central
processes/drivers for change
in a given program, project,
strategy, or policy
Theory of Action
Program Theory
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Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic
Model Development Guide
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Logic Model
Theory of
Change
Theory of
Action
What the program, project,
strategy, or policy does
(activities and level of success
needed) to influence or
contribute to outcomes
Program Theory
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Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic
Model Development Guide
* Plan program or strategies
* Define scope
* Visualize complexity to anticipate uncertainties
* Facilitate a shared understanding
* Engage stakeholders
* Document perceptions
* Disseminate more broadly
* Identify evaluation opportunities and monitor progress
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Logic Model
Theory of
Change
Theory of Action
Program
Theory
How a given program, project,
strategy, or policy is
understood to influence or
contribute to specific
outcomes
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*Articulate “mental models” of key
stakeholders
*Analyze via artifacts (documents,
reports, forms)
*Infer through observation of program
including interviewing staff and
participants
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*Visioning
* Describe how you now serve clients?
* What specific improvements have been made?
* What are people saying about the program now?
* What problems have been solved?
* What specific outcomes have been achieved?
* How are people behaving differently?
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Bens, I. (2012). Facilitating with ease! Jossey-Bass: San Francisco
*Visioning
*Write individual responses
*Compare with partner
*Compare with another partner
*Facilitate discussion
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Bens, I. (2012). Facilitating with ease! Jossey-Bass: San Francisco
*Focus Group (Bens, page 22)
*Reflective listening
*Getting the right people to the table
(even if “virtually”)
*Iterate
*Return and revise
*Disseminate
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Bens, I. (2012). Facilitating with ease! Jossey-Bass: San Francisco
*Snow Cards (Keystone, page
15)
*Brainstorm Pre-Conditions
* What change?
* For whom?
* How good?
* By when
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Bens, I. (2012). Facilitating with ease! Jossey-Bass: San Francisco
* What would a simple logic model look like?
* What might a theory of change look like?
* What might the models miss?
* What outside forces might influence the
program?
* What might be some unexpected outcomes
(positive/negative)
* What questions would you have about the
program and program theory?
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Funnell and Rogers, 2011, W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic
Model Development Guide
* W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Logic Model Development Guide
http://www.wkkf.org/resource-directory/resource/2006/02/wk-kelloggfoundation-logic-model-development-guide
Funnell, S. C. & Rogers, P. J. (2011). Purposeful program theory: Effective
use of theories of change and logic models. San Francisco, CA: JosseyBass.
Keystone. (2009). Developing a Theory of Change from
http://www.keystoneaccountability.org/sites/default/files/2%20Developin
g%20a%20theory%20of%20change.pdf
McLaughlin, John A., & Jordan, Gretchen B. (1999). Logic models: A tool
for telling your program’s performance story. Evaluation and Program
Planning, 22(1), 65-72.
Milstein, Bobby, & Chapel, Tom. (N.D.). Developing a Logic Model or
Theory of Change. The Community Toolbox. Retrieved 12 March 2014, from
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/sub_section_main_1877.aspx
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