The report describes the fourth and final study in a program of research into the relationships between the characteristics of human tasks and the abilities required for task performance. The goal was to generate principles for identification of ability requirements from knowledge of the characteristics of a task and of variations in the…

A mail survey of secondary vocational-technical directors in Texas was conducted to identify the tasks they performed and to determine the amount of time spent in the performance of these tasks. Data were gathered using a 56-item questionnaire given to all secondary vocational-technical directors in the state (169) with an 82 percent return rate.…

A mail survey of vocational-technical counselors and guidance personnel in Texas was conducted to identify the tasks performed and amount of time spent in the performance of these tasks. A questionnaire was distributed to 40 occupational orientation teachers (with 87 percent responding) and 160 counselors and guidance personnel (with 92 percent…

The distant nature and purposes of social work education programs at different educational levels, which prepare persons for social service roles at different levels of practice, lack systematic and generally acceptable difinitions. The newest and least understood direct service practitioners are graduates of community college social work…

To improve vocational educational programs in agriculture, occupational information on a common core of basic skills within the occupational area of the agricultural-industrial equipment dealership set-up and deliveryman is presented in the revised task inventory survey. The purpose of the occupational survey was to identify a common core of basic…

The instructional effectiveness of learning programs derived from Gagne-type task analysis, ordering theory analysis, and random sequenced presentation of complex intellectual skills were investigated. Fifty-seven high school students completed a self-instructional program derived from one of the three sequences. No significant differences were…

Presented is a report of a 4-month project designed to review literature on projects pertaining to deaf-blind prevocational training, to implement a model prevocational program for six severely handicapped deaf-blind students (10 years old), and to conduct two workshops in the area of prevocational training for deaf-blind students. Provided in…

The study, based on a survey of agricultural industry in Hawaii, was conducted to obtain current job task information to be used as the basis for curriculum improvement in agricultural technology and ornamental horticulture. It determines the kinds and frequency of job skills and the importance of the accompanying knowledge required. A checklist…

In November 1975, a group of 158 persons met in Columbus, Ohio, to discuss the processes and techniques of job task analysis and the use of task inventories. The papers presented at the symposium are reproduced in this document as prepared by their authors. For the two speakers who did not prepare papers, only references to papers previously…

This paper presents a study designed to clarify the role of perceptual-attentional factors in the development of conservation, and relates the results to procedures for assessing conservation. Subjects were 192 first and second graders. The number and type of perceptual cues in the conservation of liquid quantity task were systematically varied.…

A listing of 10 basic tasks performed by industrial education teachers, subdivided to the fourth level, comprises the document. The present listing is an expansion of an earlier publication, which terminated subdivision of tasks at the third level; the 327 third level tasks have since been treated in a rather extensive study in which 863 Wisconsin…

The general purpose of the occupational analysis is to provide workable, basic information dealing with the many and varied duties performed in the information receptionist occupation. The document opens with a brief introduction followed by a job description. The bulk of the document is presented in table form. Ten duties are broken down into a…

The general purpose of the occupational analysis is to provide workable, basic information dealing with the many and varied duties performed in the telecommunications occupation. The telecommunications job cluster includes such areas as the telephone, two-way radio, cable TV, data transfer, teletype, and other allied fields. The document opens…

The general purpose of the occupational analysis is to provide workable, basic information dealing with the many and varied duties performed in the terminal dispatching occupation. The document opens with a brief introduction followed by a job description. The bulk of the document is presented in table form. Three duties are broken down into a…

The general purpose of the occupational analysis is to provide workable, basic information dealing with the many and varied duties performed in the terminal materials handling occupation. The document opens with a brief introduction followed by a job description. The bulk of the document is presented in table form. Five duties are broken down into…