This is one of the outcomes of the work of the Massachusetts Evaluation Service Center for Occupational Education (ESCOE). This publication is intended to serve primarily as a user's guide for facilitators and instructors associated with ESCOE who seek to use and implement the Synthesized Objective Package. Besides a short explanation of the…

Describes a study that used survey research techniques to identify duties and tasks related to work performed by data entry operators. Based upon survey findings, a catalog of performance objectives and guides was developed, which is especially useful for instructors, as well as administrators and curriculum specialists. (NRJ)

The paper id divided into five parts, introduced by the research rationale and a definition of the DACUM (Designing a Curriculum) approach to curriculum, learning, and evaluation in occupational training. As a process, DACUM is a group-accomplished occupational subject area skills analysis; as a product, it is a graphic representation of those…