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Peer Review

Coaching News, Research, and Literature

Reviewed:

May 28, 2018 by Professional Coaching
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Ratings

Overall Rating: 4.8 stars
Content Quality: 5.0 stars
Effectiveness: 5.0 stars
Ease of Use: 4.0 stars
Overview:

This resource is a subpage from the Coaching Index site that predominantly features references to articles, books, and websites. This site lists a large number of resources for those involved in professional coaching. If the article is available online, there is a link to the resource. If it is a book available for purchase, there is also a link. There is also a general abstract of the material.
Type of Material:

Reference Material/Website
Recommended Uses:

Faculty could readily use this website link to either individually assign to students selected articles for review in the field of business coaching, or provide this link to students and allow them to self-select their topics from these references.
Technical Requirements:

Basic web browser needed; viewed in Google Chrome and Internet Explorer and did not experience any difficulties in viewing any content or opening the survey. Simple web browsing experience needed.
Identify Major Learning Goals:

This resource is predominantly a list of available articles and books that focus on research findings in the area of business coaching. This resource would predominantly be used to provide a starting point for research for students in business, organizational behavior management, and possibly industrial systems engineering/engineering management. It would also be useful for students who are building a resource library list of relevant references.
Target Student Population:

This listing is appropriate for students at the college level, starting at freshman level.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

No prior knowledge is necessary for reviewing this website resource, though some articles may contain more complex information better suited for upper-division students.

Content Quality

Rating:
Strengths:

This site includes an exhaustive list of resources in the field of business coaching, including a special feature of the top 8 articles in the field. The resources are listing with correct citation format, and span from the 1970s forward.
Concerns:

This site would be enhanced with the additional of some newer articles relevant to the 2015-2018 timeframe.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating:
Strengths:

This site has limited applicability but serves its purpose exceptionally well.
Concerns:

None noted

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:
Strengths:

This site is primarily presented on a single screen with a long-scroll for navigation, therefore it is simple to navigate overall.
Concerns:

Entries do not appear to consistently be alphabetized and the headings could be quick-linked from the top to make this site a bit easier to navigate; due to the extensive listing of references, it is quite cumbersome to scroll through all of these. Consider having search features, including a sort by year or author name.
Other Issues and Comments:

As noted in description of learning object, this is actually a subpage from a larger website. It may or may not warrant holding its own placeholder/learning object reference within Merlot, as the larger site may be more valuable overall to users. Also, color and contrast on the Peer Assistance and Contact Us page are not accessible
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