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Hamovitch, Marc A.; Baker, Meryl S. – 1983
SELECT is a system designed to streamline the process of determining proper ratings and assigning pay grades to potential Navy lateral entry accessions, i.e., the enlistment of personnel with the appropriate training and qualifications as petty officers. It uses a cross-reference index to convert civilian occupations to Navy ratings that was…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Employment Level, Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers
Spears, William D. – 1983
To lay a foundation for the design and effective use of low-cost, part-task and low-fidelity training devices, this report identifies dimensions of skill performance in terms of modern learning and behavior theory, and analyzes cognitive and motor skills as they relate to information processing. Cognitive processes discussed include task…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Design Requirements, Educational Equipment, Learning Theories
Carlson, Carol Gordon – 1990
This report discusses the problem of inadequate assistance for work-bound youth. The employment outlook for the typical work-bound high school graduate is gloomy due to a shrinking labor force and poorly prepared workers. Employer complaints of poorly trained youth, weaknesses of secondary vocational education programs, the increasing need for…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Education Work Relationship, Job Analysis, Job Placement
Gribble, Helen; Bottomley, John – 1989
Award restructure poses questions about appropriate response to the retraining and education needs of workers in Australia who have literacy difficulties. The following actions should be taken: (1) the government should fund a research project that will evaluate workplace efficiency outcomes for employers who have participated in the Workplace…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Foreign Countries, Industrial Structure
Laughlin, Margaret A. – 1985
The development and initial standardization of a two-part geography assessment test designed to measure student knowledge and understanding at the secondary level is the focus of this study. Intended to provide information about groups of students rather than to assess individual students, Part 1 of the test measures geographic skills and a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction
Im, Yung-Ho – 1988
A conceptual and theoretical framework is needed for the literature on newswork and to do this the relationship between skill and control which has been raised as an issue in the Marxist theory of industrial organization needs to be examined. A theoretical reinterpretation might help to understand how the notion of skill on the individual,…
Descriptors: Human Relations, Job Skills, Journalism, Labor
Charney, Davida H.; Reder, Lynne M. – 1986
This paper outlines the components of initial cognitive skill acquisition and analyses features of elaborations in the instructional materials that can facilitate each component. Three basic components of skill learning are identified: (1) learning novel concepts and the functionality of novel concepts and procedures; (2) learning how to execute…
Descriptors: Analogy, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Comprehension
Herman, Joan; Winters, Lynn – 1985
This manual is designed to provide teachers with technically sound, easy-to-follow procedures for developing diagnostic tests to be used with their own students. The definition of diagnostic testing is broadened to include any tests systematically designed to provide information about skills that students have or have not mastered. A five-step…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Tests
Kentucky State Council on Higher Education, Frankfort. – 1982
Summary information and recommendations of the Nursing Delineation Study of the Kentucky Nursing Education Project are presented. Nursing tasks were identified, defined, and ranked as part of a systematic analysis of the nursing profession for the purposes of statewide planning. A 17-member task force represented the major domains of nursing…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, Education Work Relationship
Peterson, John C.; Newkirk-Moore, Susan – 1984
This guide provides complete directions for searching the Computerized Task Inventory (COMTASK) database or for adding information to or modifying information in the database. (The COMTASK database contains information about jobs and the duties, tasks, and equipment needed to perform each job.) Chapter I describes the guide, its purpose, and the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Information Processing
Gore, Jan; Mason, Betty – 1980
This teaching guide represents the 10th grade career guidance unit, one of a 5-part series of activity books for students in grades 8 through 12. Each unit is presented as a 2-week long program with supplemental activities included to allow expansion to 4 weeks. Introductory suggestions for facilitators are provided, focusing on activity…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, Curriculum Development
Delap, Sue; Mason, Betty – 1980
This teaching guide represents the 8th grade career guidance unit, one of a 5-part series of activity books for students in grades 8 through 12. Each unit is presented as a 2-week long program with supplemental activities included to allow expansion to 4 weeks. Introductory suggestions for facilitators are provided, focusing on activity…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
1979
Used as an integral part of the migrant student skills system operated by the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), the mini-math skills list contains a catalog of math skills typical of the K-3 grade range. The document presents an explanation of terminology used for the MSRTS mini-math outline: areas, topics, subtopics, skills, and…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Learning Readiness, Mathematics Education, Measures (Individuals)
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1981
This guide is intended to help vocational educators learn more about adult women's life experiences and the skills, knowledge, and abilities they develop through them. It also shows how to assess experiential learning to provide better career counseling and give academic credit or improved course placements. Chapter 1 overviews life experience…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Credits, Experience, Experiential Learning
Fischer, Gerhard; And Others – 1978
This paper analyses new methods of teaching skiing in terms of a computational paradigm for learning called increasingly complex microworlds (ICM). Examining the factors that underlie the dramatic enhancement of the learning of skiing led to the focus on the processes of simplification, debugging, and coaching. These three processes are studied in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Difficulty Level, Educational Facilities, Error Patterns
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