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Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise.
Presented is an instrument (behavior checklist) designed to assess the skill of trainable mentally retarded (TMR) students in performing specific tasks at all levels. Self care, motor, social, and cognitive skills or tasks are categorized according to three levels of competency. The first level includes the development of the very basic…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Daily Living Skills, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation
National Association for Retarded Children, Arlington, TX. South Central Regional Office. – 1972
The third of four booklets on residential programing for the mentally retarded is intended to help parents evaluate residential services and participate in decisions about program design and implementation. Areas of appropriate program emphasis are indicated for different age groups and for the various degrees of mental retardation from profound…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Guidelines, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
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Dever, R. B. – Exceptional Children, 1978
Discussed is the process of hierarchical task analysis (a tool used to decide what to teach and when to teach it) as it relates to the setting of instructional goals and objectives. (BD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Instructional Design
Smith, Arthur – Adult Training, 1977
Discusses the methodology and stages of occupational generic skills studies focusing on four occupational surveys encompassing seventy-seven trade occupations. Also, covers specifications for developing an individualized job training curriculum and cites some available generic skills tools for teachers. (EM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Employment Qualifications, Individualized Instruction
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Singer, Harry – Contemporary Education, 1977
Using norm-referenced reading achievement tests as both "criterion referenced" (through repeated administration of the same form at successively higher grade levels) and as norm-referenced (in the usual manner) helps to differentiate individual changes in learning how to read as well as individual differences in gaining information from textual…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Teaching, Early Reading, Measurement Objectives
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Muth, K. Denise – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
This study added extraneous information and increased syntactical complexity to determine the relative importance of computational and reading abilities in solving arithmetic word problems. Analyzing tests of 200 sixth graders indicated the combined abilities accounted for 54 percent of the variance in solution accuracy. (BS)
Descriptors: Computation, Difficulty Level, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
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Ring, Barbara – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Many school districts have adopted minimum competency tests as part of the requirements for high school diplomas. It is important that the needs of special education students are included when planning and implementing competency testing. Included are three levels of options to consider for modified testing of special students. (MD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Administration, Individual Needs, Individualized Education Programs
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Goldstein, Arnold P.; Pentz, MaryAnn – School Psychology Review, 1984
This paper focuses on the structured learning approach to psychological skill training with aggressive adolescents, examining 30 evaluation-oriented studies of skills training with such youth. Emphasized are relevant experimental designs, prescriptive utilization of skills training, means for enhancing trainee motivation, transfer and maintenance,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives
Easton, John Q.; Luppescu, Stuart – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2004
During the 2001-02 school year, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials contracted with the Grow Network[TM] to provide supplemental reporting of student test results to parents, teachers, and school administrators. Under terms of its contract with CPS, the Grow Network provides a variety of resources, including individualized, printed score…
Descriptors: Test Results, Skill Analysis, Test Use, Standardized Tests
Davies, Ivor K. – AV Communication Review, 1973
A discussion of the role of task analysis in theory of instruction and theory of learning set within the broader context of theory of knowledge. (HB)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Instructional Design, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Systems
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Campion, James E. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Decision Making, Employment Practices, Performance Factors
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Strathe, Marlene; Krajewski, Robert J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1982
Achievement testing in nontraditional curriculum areas (such as industrial arts, physical education, or music) provides an ideal opportunity for developing students' self-evaluation skills. While applying testing procedures, teachers demonstrate what skills deserve evaluation and how to evaluate them. This article describes objective approaches to…
Descriptors: Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Performance Tests
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Dick, Walter; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1981
Defines and compares the Consensus and Model-building approaches in the identification of teaching and administrative skills. The Consensus approach emphasizes commonly known and accepted teacher behaviors; the Model-building approach assumes a more rational identification of a broad range of unfamiliar, but critical skills. (JCD)
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Job Analysis, Needs Assessment, Process Education
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Engler, Carol M.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1981
Medical students' interpersonal and communication skills were assessed over the course of their first two years of medical training at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Results of first and second video analyses indicated a significant decline in student process-oriented skills. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Curriculum, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence
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Bergan, John R.; Jeska, Patrick – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1980
This study investigated the hypothesis that prerequisite skills in a seriation learning hierarchy mediate positive transfer for superordinate skills. In addition, the effect of instructional conditions involving modeling combined with variations in feedback on skill acquisition at different levels in the seriation sequence was examined.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Teaching, Feedback, Learning Theories
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