To understand expertise and expertise development, interactions between knowledge, cognitive processing and task characteristics must be examined in people at different levels of training, experience, and performance. Interviewing is widely used in the initial exploration of domain expertise. Work and cognitive task analysis chart the knowledge,…

The goal of these "Guidelines for Assessment of and Intervention With Persons With Disabilities" is to help psychologists conceptualize and implement more effective, fair, and ethical psychological assessments and interventions with persons with disabilities. The guidelines provide suggestions on ways psychologists can make their practices more…

An approach to task analysis is described and illustrated that emphasizes organizational function, job and task accomplishments, a model of job function, performer prerequisites, and multiple purpose job analysis. (JEG)

The article identifies and describes the various dimensions of tasks in task analysis and cautions against an exclusive focus on content. A distinction between the subtasks of learning to do a task and actually doing it is made and the relationship of task analysis to evaluation and instruction presented. (Author/CL)

Task analysis is described, and five approaches (learning hierarchies, the stimulus response table, observation, flowcharts, and the critical incident approach) are considered. (CL)

Task analysis can be applied to the design of computer assisted instruction programs for handicapped students through determining the task specification, identifying decisions and steps, classifying the task according to learning skill, identifying the enabling objectives, identifying entry behaviors, and evaluating achievement of the objectives.…

The authors review recreation/leisure training programs conducted with moderately/severely disabled individuals. Emphasis is placed on databased task-analytic, instructional efforts and recent curriculum volumes/position papers. Programing implications include the value of task sequences involving gradual increments in response requirements.…

The historical origins and influences of these two major instructional approaches are reviewed in order to define the essential elements of each, identify important similarities and differences, and specify the functional relations that make programed instruction and task analysis complementary components of an individualized training strategy.…

Defines and discusses task analysis and presents a method by which goals can be achieved with the integration of task analysis and design. Highlights include the fact that prerequisites must be kept in mind during the development process. (JKP)

The steps in applying the model presented here are to analyze role definitions or job descriptions to determine the content and function components; to identify the "whats,""hows," and sources for the content component and each separate function component; and to write the competency statements from the previously mentioned information. (Author)

Presents a single integrated set of procedures for both analysis and design of instruction according to the Elaboration Theory. (JEG)

Discussion of the role of small group performance focuses on solving problems to improve performance. Types of tasks and their effects on groups are described; group resources are discussed; factors affecting group process are explained; and a flowchart for solving group performance problems is presented. (LRW)

The article examines the need for instruction in social skills and discusses the role of task analysis in such instruction. The task-analytic approach to curriculum development is explained and applied to sample social skill tasks. Particular attention is given to the need for specification of the strategic components of social tasks. (Author/CL)

A task analysis approach to curriculum development provides a set of guidelines or educational requirements for recreation professionals based on student needs and specific work settings. A list of specific tasks that recreation personnel should be able to perform at six distinct educational levels is offered. (DF)

Discusses three task analysis techniques utilized at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station to review training programs: analysis of (1) job positions, (2) procedures, and (3) instructional presentations. All of these include task breakdown, relationship determination, and task restructuring. (MBR)