Task analysis is the process of identifying all things that individuals must accomplish to satisfactorily complete an activity or course of instruction. This bibliography lists task analysis documents related to curriculum or course development, or training program development. Five abstracting services were searched from their first publication…

The directory of task inventories (listings of activities performed by workers on their jobs) contains bibliographic entries for 171 documents published by State educational and employment service agencies, occupational curriculum laboratories and research coordinating units, branches of the Armed Forces, selected private research and development…

This state of the art paper focuses on the skills and competencies needed by teachers working with severely handicapped children. Analyzed are the applications of behavior principles, systematic program building (task analysis), and instructional procedures to the acquisition of such basic skills as self-feeding and walking. Noted is the…

This booklet reports the responses of a "Survey of Counseling Problems" conducted in March 1976. It was felt that these responses indicate a national climate among counselors and point the way for them to play a more dynamic and integral role in the teaching profession. (PFS)

Written for the Australian general reader who wants to understand important trends in vocational education and training, this document describes skills audits and provides an annotated list of publications for those who want more information. The first section defines skills audits as identification of the skills required and held by the work…

The bibliography provides a chronological survey of the development, growth, and application of the concept of Functional Job Analysis (FJA) which provides for the formulation of qualifications of workers and the requirements of jobs in the same terms so that the one can be equated with measures of the other. An introductory section discusses FJA,…

A review of the literature related to methods for analyzing content or tasks prior to instructional development is presented. The review classifies methods according to a two-dimensional matrix. The first dimension differentiates phases of analysis, each dealing with content and tasks of a particular scope and each generating certain…

This report presents a consideration of the state-of-the-art of task analysis or job analysis. The report was developed in connection with the Allied Health Professions Project whose purpose was to provide the data necessary for the development of job-related curricula in training individuals for service in selected allied health occupations. Task…

Task analyses for library equipment operation by the severely retarded, behavioral objective information for library resources indexing, and three bibliographies of rehabilitation related materials are provided for the guidance of library staff in Florida libraries through a project funded by the Library Services and Construction Act, Title I. The…

The bibliography was compiled in response to requests for background information about the critical incident technique; references were provided by those interested in the technique. Graduate students searching for guidance on the technique should find it useful, as should researchers. The critical incident technique is a method of research…

Six ways a dentist can profit from the basic sciences are: (1) increased sensitivity to the environment, (2) improved judgment, (3) better explanations to patients, (4) enhanced ability to learn, (5) improved communication with health professionals, and (6) greater role diversity. Literature is reviewed related to mental processes. (Author/MLW)

The National Instititute of Education sponsored a conference on the future of research in adolescent reasoning. This report reflects this conference discussion, which focused on: (1) the theoretical basis for research programs in the area of adolescent reasoning; (2) research programs likely to be effective in gathering information relevant to…

This bibliography contains information on technology education for use at the middle, junior, and senior high school levels. Materials for implementing technology education and technological literacy are also included. Thirty-four citations from ERIC and other databases include curriculum materials, teacher guides, behavioral objectives, journals,…

This annotated bibliography developed in connection with an ongoing investigation of the use of computer simulations for fault diagnosis training cites 61 published works taken predominantly from the disciplines of engineering, psychology, and education. A review of the existing literature included computer searches of the past ten years of…

This document contains seven papers (four written in English, the rest in German) concerning research on learning, curriculum, and instruction in mathematics education. Abstracts of all seven articles are provided both in English and in German. The four English-written papers discuss the following topics: (1) perspectives for modelling teaching…