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Abstract

RECOVEU is aimed at producing a set of 'Access to Learning' materials for people in addiction recovery. A key factor in the project is the development of an Evaluation Toolkit, designed to support educators to assess the effectiveness of the ‘Access to Learning’ course materials and their impact. The Evaluation Tools were designed in a way to aid on-going evaluation of learning activities and are presented in the form of questionnaires to be completed by service users. The Evaluation Toolkit includes two different types of tools: 1. Four Psychological Evaluation Tools used to assess whether there are meaningful outcomes for participants: for example, an increase in self-efficacy for education and/or the contribution of learning activities to sustained participation in learning. a) Learning Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. b) Employability Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. c) Self-Esteem Questionnaire (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale; Rosenberg, 1965). d) Recovery Capital Questionnaire (Assessment of Recovery Capital: ARC; Groshkova, Best and White, 2013). 2. A Module Feedback Form designed to provide a generic assessment of the usefulness of the modules. These evaluation and feedback tools were completed by service users undertaking a pilot of the course materials. This review provides an analysis of the data provided by these participants. Also provided is an overview of service users’ qualitative feedback on use of the Evaluation Tools. The review forms part of a series of three reviews (the two others being Del. 7.1: Pilot Delivery Review and Del 7.2: Qualitative Feedback Review) which together give an overview of the effectiveness and impact of the pilot. The findings from these reviews were used to revise the course materials, Evaluation Tools and Facilitation Pack