The standard is used to grade the nonsupervisory work of operating all types of locomotives and trains to transport supplies, equipment, conveyances, and personnel. The work involves skill in operating locomotives under various conditions, and knowledge of the layout of a track system and the safety, signalling, and track use requirements or…

The standard is used to grade the nonsupervisory work involved in coordinating (onsite) the movement, make up, or break up of trains, locomotives, and train cars. The work requires knowledge of the layout of a railroad track system; knowledge of and ability to follow numerous safety, signalling, switching, track use, train car, and train movement…

This document presents the management system developed by the University of New Hampshire-Portsmouth Twelfth Cycle Teacher Corps Project. This system, although very flexible and continually modified, is presented as a model that may be useful to other projects. According to the report, project goals, training objectives, and expected outcomes are…

A planning model for the identification of components, activities, and tasks in educational programs and problem solving situations is described. (RAO)

This training manual provides guidelines for effective teamwork and work-team maintenance and development. It was designed for use in the Marine Corps Task Analysis program, in which staff members are organized to form a work-team whose continuing performance as an effective team is crucial for success of the project. Chapter 1, the major portion…

This teacher-addressed discussion of parent involvement programs at the elementary school level explains why and how parents can aid teachers in classroom processes, and provides guidelines for planning, implementing, and evaluating a program at the community level. It is suggested that planning for parent involvement requires a preliminary…

One of 33 self-paced instructional modules for training industry services leaders to provide guidance in the performance of manpower services by public agencies to new or expanding private industries, this module contains three sequential learning activities on conducting a task analysis (review of the actual job content in the industry) as a…

The principal tasks performed by conductors, rear brakemen, and head brakemen during over-the-road freight operations are identified and described in the report. Forty-four tasks and subtasks are analyzed and grouped into six categories: basic handling tasks, prerun preparation and starting off tasks, over-the-road tasks, terminating tasks,…

The instruction manual provides 12 step-by-step instructions for air traffic control supervisors in conducting over-the-shoulder training observations of enroute center controllers. Since the primary purpose of the review is to quickly identify training needs and requirements, the control responsibilities are approached from a deficiency…

Designed to aid in the orientation of personnel newly assigned to the Office of Manpower Utilization (OMU), Marine Corps Headquarters, this manual provides a brief overview of Marine Corps Task Analysis (TA) by presenting the basic steps in this process, which are (1) construct a task inventory, (2) administer self-report inventory, (3) analyze,…

The specific objective of the research described in this report was to develop guidelines for decisionmaking by the Office of Manpower Utilization (OMU), Marine Corps Headquarters, in the selection of occupational field (OF) sample sizes to which task inventories will be administered. The report is designed to provide action-oriented answers to…

The model stresses interactions among specific combinations of cognitive task requirements, learner characteristics, and instructional treatment properties, in a manner analogous to the aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI) model. "Supplantation" is the provision of overt assistance to learners in performing a specific process required by…

This paper outlines the decision-making processes and procedures that affect curriculum and identifies the leadership role of different school personnel and the steps involved in making decisions. The following areas of curriculum planning are discussed: (1) what is to be taught to different learners and in what order; (2) what textbooks, media,…

The document provides a systematic analysis of curriculum in marketing, focusing on the design and evaluation of a vocational course in the distributive education curriculum. The core course, entitled basic marketing, was selected because marketing competencies are essential to every distributive education student. The following areas are…

This document outlines the point-based faculty assignment classification system in effect at Whatcom Community College (Washington). The purpose of the point system is to provide an equitable and flexible means of compensating faculty members based on a system of assigning quantitative values to tasks. Teaching, which includes classroom…