The paper describes a prevocational training program for primary age trainable and severely retarded students. Three goals were established: to improve fine motor skills, visual perception and cognitive skills, and work habits and attitudes. Ten tasks (including stuffing envelopes and toy car assembly) were chosen and task analyzed. Results of a 7…

The document provides a guide for creating task analyzed materials for handicapped students. Ten steps are outlined: (1) select general area, (2) break into smaller components, (3) select target component, (4) write terminal goal for the students, (5) acquire a sequence, (6) task analyze the sequence, (7) establish entry skills, (8) establish the…

The U.S. Air Force job inventory for the communications-electronics program management career ladder is divided into 13 categories, each of which is broken down into a duty-task list. Space is provided for Air Force personnel filling out the inventory to check whether each task is at present part of their duties. The 13 categories are: organizing…

The U. S. Air Force job inventory for the automatic digital switching specialist career ladder is divided into 12 categories, each of which is broken down into a duty-task list. Space is provided for Air Force personnel filling out the inventory to check whether each task is at present part of their duties. The 12 categories are: organizing and…

The U. S. Air Force job inventory for the pavements maintenance and construction equipment operator career ladders is divided into 26 categories, each of which is broken down into a duty-task list. Space is provided for Air Force personnel filling out the inventory to check whether each task is at present part of their duties. The 26 categories…

The manual was designed to help vocational education curriculum experts learn procedures for constructing task inventories and for analyzing occupational performance. The manual opens with definitions of a task inventory and other terms, and an overview of the procedure. The first six steps involve the overall construction of an initial task…

A survey of 18 Illinois libraries resulted in the identification of 1,615 tasks performed within the library environment. Each task is rated and scaled including: (1) performance standards (four scales); (2) the task environment; (3) the extent to which a task concerns data, people, and things; (4) the mathematics, language and reasoning levels…

The effects of task complexity and vicarious reward upon children's ability to learn a substantial educational task through modeling were investigated. After observing a models performance, all subjects (elementary school students) were offered direct reward for matching responses. Accuracy of imitative learning was inversely related to task…

A t a briefing sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Individual Training, members of the Human Resources Research Office reported on four projects using job and task analysis in different training situations. Wor k Unit STOCK was a training program designed to develop training management procedures for heterogeneous ability…

An account is given of the rationale, methodology, and preliminary results of an initial research effort to develop a scheme for use as a guide in generating and applying behavioral information. Objectives are to clarify relationships between military tasks and existing psychological knowledge, indicate training problems requiring further…

An opinion survey method for identifying low aptitude job types was developed and used in a study of 11 Air Force career ladders. Lists of low aptitude tasks were defined by technical advisers. These tasks were then rated on nine factors by Air Force instructors who also described low aptitude job types and gave their opinion concerning the…

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 study of communication development in 5-year-old children. Subjects described multidimensional triangles for the listener. Tasks involved simple or complex attribute variation. Results indicated success only on simple tasks. (CM)

Examines the developmental sequence of skills involved in the understanding of relational concepts and in the development of conservation. Fifty kindergarten children participated in the study. (BD/BR)