Designed for those who are concerned with gathering job performance information, this manual presents methodology and techniques used to analyze jobs and to record the analysis. Chapter 1, an introduction, discusses briefly the uses of job analyses in trade and technical course construction and instructional materials development, in career…

Conceptual and methodological problems inherent in Aptitude Treatment Interaction (ATI) research, coupled with the impracticality of its application, call into question its use as a design model. For these reasons, ATI should be de-emphasized as an instructional design model and attention should be refocused on the structure of content and the…

This paper presents a neo-Piagetian model for examining the development of early communication and language skills; discusses its origins in the current developmental literature, and provides a brief overview of a preliminary version of 12 scales developed for assessing communicative development based on the model. The model attempts to provide a…

A TAXONOMY IS AN ORDERLY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES FOR AN IDENTIFICATION OF RELATIONSHIPS. A TAXONOMY OF OFFICE ACTIVITIES FOR BUSINESS AND OFFICE EDUCATION WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE SYSTEMATIC GUIDANCE FOR OBSERVING AND ANALYZING OFFICE ACTIVITIES, A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR DESCRIBING OFFICE ACTIVITIES, A BASIS FOR CONSOLIDATING DATA FROM…

An analysis of survey responses from a sample of aides/orderlies on competency characteristics for their occupation is presented in this document. (Aide/orderly is one of seventeen occupation groups included in this research.) The competencies are reported in five categories: (1) those competencies selected by the respondents from a list of 720…

An analysis of survey responses from a sample of nuclear medical technicians on competency characteristics for their occupation is presented in this document. (Nuclear medical technician is one of seventeen occupation groups included in this research.) The competencies are reported in five categories: (1) those competencies selected by the…

An analysis of survey responses from a sample of operating room technicians on competency characteristics for their occupation is presented in this document. (Operating room technician is one of seventeen occupation groups included in this research.) The competencies are reported in five categories: (1) those competencies selected by the…

An analysis of survey responses from a sample of orthopaedic physician's assistants on competency characteristics for their occupation is presented in this document. (Orthopaedic physician's assistant is one of seventeen occupation groups included in this research.) The competencies are reported in five categories: (1) those competencies selected…

An analysis of survey responses from a sample of respiratory therapists on competency characteristics for their occupation is presented in this document. (Respiratory therapist is one of seventeen occupation groups included in this research.) The competencies are reported in five categories: (1) those competencies selected by the respondents from…

Pointed out are issues seen as unresolved in the implementation of diagnostic prescriptive teaching methods with learning disabled children. Questioned are the cost effectiveness of the clinical diagnostic process, practical limits of task analysis, and the failure to consider the child's total ecology or life space as a possible cause of the…

Frequently assigned tasks performed by qualified respiratory therapy personnel are delineated in the document in such a manner that proficiency examinations within the profession can be prepared from them. Four distinct proficiency levels are identified and defined. Due to the fact that proficiency examinations will be assigned for them,…

"Classification: Purposes, Principles, Progress, Prospects" by Robert R. Sokal is reprinted in this document. It summarizes the principles of classification and cluster analysis in a manner which is of specific value to the Marine Corps Office of Manpower Utilization. Following the article is a 184 item bibliography on cluster analysis…

Preference scores were determined for several different groups of students ranging in age from seven to adult. In addition, instruments were administered to determine the cognitive level at which the students were capable of functioning. Comparisons between the students' cognitive level and preferences were made. The results indicated that the…