Descriptor
| Job Training | 7 |
| Material Development | 7 |
| Training Methods | 7 |
| Instructional Materials | 5 |
| Postsecondary Education | 3 |
| Evaluation Methods | 2 |
| Guides | 2 |
| Learning Theories | 2 |
| Program Improvement | 2 |
| Trainers | 2 |
| Academic Libraries | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Performance and Instruction | 1 |
Author
| Mockovak, William P. | 2 |
| Britt, Donnagene, Ed. | 1 |
| Clark, Ruth Colvin | 1 |
| Felker, Daniel B. | 1 |
| Hunter, John | 1 |
| Williams, Kristen M. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Policymakers | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Clark, Ruth Colvin; And Others – Performance and Instruction, 1983
Describes an adaptation of the Component Display Theory to a corporate training setting where the principal developmental effort was done by content experts. An overview of the Component Display Theory is included with a case study illustrating the application process. Examples of the resultant training products are included. (MBR)
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Instructional Materials, Job Training, Learning Theories
Britt, Donnagene, Ed.; And Others – 1982
This supervisor's guide to writing job training plans for new employees or for staff taking on new assignments covers the benefits to be expected from written training plans, suggests formats for plans, and includes worksheets for general orientation and job training and ideas for overcoming writer's block. Developed at the University of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Job Analysis, Job Training
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1985
This report addresses three major issues concerning the Army's program for developing extension training materials: (1) indications of low usage of Army Training Extension Course lessons by soldiers in the field; (2) improvements needed in the process for developing extension training materials; and (3) the need for further evaluation before the…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Delivery Systems, Instructional Materials, Job Training
Williams, Kristen M.; Felker, Daniel B. – 1993
A project was undertaken to develop a guide to help small business programs select good education and training programs for their staff. An initial step was a review of literature related to adult education and training in small business and training evaluation. The initial plan was to have the guidebook be specific to a given industry or other…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Mockovak, William P. – 1981
A study entitled the Alternative Training Experiment (ATE) evaluated the effectiveness of a method for training census enumerators that involved new processes for developing instructional materials (called job performance aids) and new methods of instruction. During the study three pairs of census decentralized offices were matched on variables…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employee Attitudes, Followup Studies, Instructional Materials
Mockovak, William P. – 1983
While gathering the 1980 census, the U.S. Census Bureau tried several methods of improving its training of census interviewers. This paper covers three general areas of that experiment. First, it reviews bureau efforts to improve verbatim training and presents selected results from an alternative training experiment conducted in the 1980 census.…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Guides
Hunter, John – 2001
The theory of scientific management was established as a way to increase workers' productivity. The following are among the key principles underpinning scientific management: task simplification and division of labor boost productivity; management must control the planning of work down to its minutiae; and remuneration should be based on output.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Competence, Competency Based Education, Educational Principles
