Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for hospitality and facility care occupations. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and…

Developed through a modified DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) process involving business, industry, labor, and community agency representatives in Ohio, this document is a comprehensive and verified employer competency profile for travel and tourism occupations. The list contains units (with and without subunits), competencies, and competency…

"Task Analysis" is a required course in the Communication, Education, and Training Department at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. A research study was designed to assess the effectiveness of a World Wide Web-based instruction program in the delivery of task analysis content. The program was presented and delivered on the Internet…

This paper reports on a pilot study examining how Chinese-speaking learners of English reset the non-empty topic [-Te] parameter. Whereas Chinese allows empty topics coindexed with variables in both subject and object positions, English does not. With respect to this particular parameter, Chinese can be said to form a superset of English as the…

This document includes the following presentations: "Partnerships for Workplace Literacy: A Developmental Model" (Lucy M. Guglielmino); "Selling the Concept: Identifying Workplace Literacy Partners" (Sheila Acevedo, Joe Mathos, and Joseph McCoy); "Designing Partnership Agreements: Who Pays for What?" (Tony Lagos,…

Written for the Australian general reader who wants to understand important trends in vocational education and training, this document consists of a description of competency-based training (CBT) and assessment, a short test of readers' CBT understanding, and an annotated bibliography. The introduction states the aims of the document, lists five…

This learning module, which is intended for use in in-service training for vocational rehabilitation counselors, presents a model for systematic instruction that can be used as the basis of a rehabilitation associate training program. The model emphasizes clear descriptions of goals, direct teaching of skills, and evaluation of progress on a…

Volume II of the Jefferson County (Kentucky) Public Schools exceptional child education curriculum for K-12 social studies covers history process and skills, geography, economics, citizenship, political science, humanities, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and world history. The curriculum guide is organized by content areas, and within each…

This instructional task/competency package is designed to be used in combination with the "Industrial Arts Guide to CBE Implementation" in order to implement competency-based education (CBE) in the metals technology program in Virginia. The task/competency package contains suggested task sequence lists, content outlines, and…

This publication is designed to support competency-based instruction in the sections of Natural Resources Management courses in Virginia devoted to forestry. It should be coordinated with both the "Task Analyses for Natural Resources Management" and the "Agricultural Education Service Area Resource." This guide contains 16…

These task analyses are designed to be used in combination with the "Business Education Service Area Resource" in order to implement competency-based education in the office supervision and management program in Virginia. The task analysis document contains the task inventory, suggested task sequence lists, and content outlines for the…

This task analysis guide is intended to help teachers and administrators develop instructional materials and implement competency-based education in the horticulture program. Section 1 contains a validated task inventory for horticulture III, IV, and V. For each task, applicable information pertaining to performance and enabling objectives,…

This instructional task/competency package is designed to be used in combination with the "Industrial Arts Guide to Competency Based Education Implementation" in order to implement competency-based education in the Woods Technology I and II courses in Virginia. The task/competency package contains suggested task sequence listings, content…

This task analysis guide is intended to help teachers and administrators develop instructional materials and implement competency-based education in the agricultural production program. Section 1 contains a validated task inventory for agricultural production. Tasks are divided into 10 duty areas: orienting the student to agricultural production,…

The purpose of the study was to determine whether particular aspects of movement control influenced the performance of 2-year-old children on a standard developmental test, and thus influenced assessments of intellectual progress based on that test. Six cerebral-palsied (CP) children were compared with six children not suffering motor system…