A four-phase process was used to develop the Maryland Plan: (1) goal-identification, (2) analysis of goal-related behavior and experiences, (3) integration of these experiences into a living-learning involvement with the industrial art curriculum content, and (4) evaluation. The plan made use of the behavioral analysis process as a technique to…

The decision making process of 16 superintendents in choosing among alternative instructional programs for special education students was studied. The additive and linear additive composition models were investigated for consistency with the decision process of the superintendents. Although the results support the existence of both models, the…

After consideration of the drawbacks of such psychometrically derived theories of cognitive abilities as those of Guttman, Cattell, and Guilford, appeal is made to E. B. Hunt's "distributive memory" model and A. Newell's concept of the "production system" as possible bases for developing an alternative theory. Such a theory of…

Twenty-eight industrial supervisors from nine different firms in the North Central VTAE District were selected by the management of their firm to take part in supervisor task analysis. The results of the analysis were to be incorporated into a supervisory training program. The survey instrument was divided into three sections: demographic data,…

An exploratory investigation of police promotional examinations was made in an attempt to improve the testing procedures that were in use. A primary goal of the study was to identify a pool of performances (tasks, behaviors) of police sergeants, lieutenants, and captains that might serve as referrents for job-related test items for promotional…

Changing times place new demands on those involved in the implementation of construction projects. Within a relatively few years, the size and complexity of projects has grown substantially. Environmental and other public and social considerations are increasingly significant. With growing complexity, the requirements for effective project…

The concluding series of a research program designed to validate a battery of task indexes for use in forecasting the effectiveness of training devices is described. Phase I collated 17 task indexes and applied them to sonar training devices, while in Phase II the 17 index battery was validated, using skill acquisition measures as criteria.…

A curriculum was devised by working backward from Stanford-Binet items to specification of a universe of content for which the Stanford-Binet could serve as a content-valid achievement test. It was reasoned that this curriculum should home. This curriculum was tested on 20 4-year-old disadvantaged children in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. The…

Nine seventh- and eighth-grade students who had a history of poor math achievement were selected to participate in the study. Base rate data was gathered which indicated the percent of time the students were engaged in behaviors relevant to the assigned academic tasks. During treatment a clock buzzer apparatus was placed in the room, and the…

The ultimate goal of the research described in this paper is to develop a set of instructional objectives for driver education courses based on a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the driver's task. There are two phases--first, an analysis of the driver's tasks; second, a set of instructional objectives developed from results of the task…

The Allied Health Professions Projects (AHPP) of the Division of Vocational Education, University of California, Los Angeles, are currently conducting research and development in the allied health occupations in order to design instructional materials of a unique and innovative nature for use in preparing workers for a veriety of allied health…

Mathematics items developed to measure concept attainment for the topics of set theory, division, and expressing relationships were studied. A completely crossed design with 30 concepts and 12 tasks was used. The items were administered to 196 girls who had just completed the fifth grade and to 195 boys who had just begun the sixth grade.…

The purpose of this manual is to help Navy division officers, petty officers, and instructors build, use, and understand practical performance tests. Methods for testing men's ability to perform practical jobs are described in order to determine what they can actually do in meeting the requirements of their ratings, billets, or school training…

The first volume of an eight-part series (see EC 050 206 through EC 050 212) describes a task-based management system for special education programs which attempts to provide tools for the following activities: determining individual learner objectives, calculating manpower required to attain individual learner objectives, specifying manpower…

This report describes the critical path method (CPM), a system for planning and scheduling work to get the best time-cost combination for any particular job. With the use of diagrams, the report describes how CPM works on a step-by-step basis. CPM uses a network to show which parts of a job must be done and how they would eventually fit together…