The diversity of reasons for evaluation will give rise to different approaches to assessment based on diverse theories founded on various perspectives.

Some evaluations even merge the diverse approaches as long as they are helpful for evaluation. These approaches are based on selected features of the project, such as the objectives, management, beneficiaries, participants, and complexity.

Monitoring and Evaluation: Some Tools, Methods, and Approaches: Monitoring and evaluation: some tools, methods, and approaches. World Bank. Bamberger,J. Michael, Clark Mari, Sartorius Rolf. 2004

Home task for practicing ToC: read the case and develop 1-page table on the explanation of the program activity described in the Case,  using the ToC. Randomly selected students will present the tasks on the class.