A Business Task Force was appointed by the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO with a specific mission of examining ways in which corporations, collegiate schools of business, and business organizations could most effectively encourage improvement of education, especially programs to prepare businessmen to assume new roles and responsibilities…

The research contained in this report is directed at the problem of assessing structures of knowledge in science. Toward this end graduate as well as undergraduate students were asked to make judgments of the perceived similarity of expressions that mark or label concepts in the subject matter of physics. An apriori model of the structure of…

This research reviewed the role and functions of the paraprofessional in the education process. The paraprofessional was defined as an individual who worked as part of an educational team, specifically complementing the instructional role of the teacher. Five general classifications of paraprofessionals were surveyed according to: (a) title; (b)…

Training programs for data processing personnel are plagued by the rapid turnover of the technology involved. An attempt was made to provide a self-paced training plan for a large, data processing staff. Factor analyses of questionnaires about the skills and tasks involved divided the population into specialization groups. Within the…

This report describes procedures used in developing a set of selection requirements and training objectives for operators of school buses. The selection requirements include collection and interpretation of personal history and other background information, physical examination covering vision, hearing, handicaps, and general health, written…

As a result of a commitment to research and develop a tested program evaluation system, one group within a task force decided to interview a cross section of Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) personnel. Twenty people were interviewed from top management down to field workers. Inquiries were made about the organization, about the…

This publication is the result of a detailed task analysis study of the ornamental horticulture industry in New York State. Nine types of horticulture businesses identified were: (1) retail florists, (2) farm and garden supply store, (3) landscape services, (4) greenhouse production, (5) nursery production, (6) turf production, (7) arborist…

The primary objective of this study was to test the validity of the American Library Association policy statement on Library Education and Manpower by applying it to the tasks described in Phase I of the Illinois Task Analysis Project. (Available as ED 040 723.) A Model was to be developed in which the tasks would be arranged in accordance with…

Citations of 153 documents containing task inventories for 185 occupational areas/job titles are reported in this directory, which could be of use to curriculum developers, training directors, researchers, personnel officers, industrial engineers, and vocational teachers and administrators. The information was compiled from a review of documents…

Several new programs have been added to those of the Comprehensive Occupational Data Analysis Programs (CODAP), all oriented toward analyzing and manipulating information describing work tasks, rather than jobs or persons. REXALL analyzes the inter-rater agreement among judges concerning task-factor ratings. TSKFAC adds factor weight vectors to…

A comparison of process-oriented and task-oriented groups is presented. Areas considered include achievement, extent of emphasis on content, and perception of the effectiveness of workshop experiences by persons involved in these two approaches. (JMF)

A task analysis of janitorial skills required for cleaning a restroom was performed with 11 trainable mentally handicapped students (13-15 years old). (Author)

Curriculum directors perform a wide variety of tasks; however, different groups perceive the role of the curriculum director in rather vague terms. Delineation of the role is necessary if the curriculum director is to work effectively with other personnel in the school system in improving and maintaining the curriculum. Here are fourteen tasks…

Planning was the secret in redistributing more than 600,000 library items from ten closed schools in Prince George's County, Maryland. (Author/MLF)

Presents data from a study investigating whether pupil involvement in tasks was different for high, middle, and low achievers. Results of the study are presented in nine tables. (BR)