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Railsback, Barbara; Hite, Nancy Groneman – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2008
The purpose of this study was to determine the value of business education at the secondary school level as perceived by three groups of people who have great impact on course offerings, student advisement, and teacher hiring decisions. Specifically, high school counselors, high school principals, and local board of education presidents in a…
Descriptors: Business Education, High Schools, Secondary Education, Value Judgment
California State Univ. and Colleges, Los Angeles. Office of the Chancellor. – 1977
This is the second major report for this program, begun in 1971 to improve the educational offerings and opportunities available to students in The California State Universities and Colleges (CSUC). The objective has since broadened to include a program of professional development. Other concerns are the acquisition of basic skills, response to a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Colleges, Competency Based Education, Computer Oriented Programs
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Gorth, William Phillip; Swaminathan, Hariharan – 1972
This is one of the outcomes of the work of the Massachusetts Evaluation Service Center for Occupational Education (ESCOE). After an overview of the Performance Test Development Project, a summary of the major products and byproducts is presented. The major products are: (1) a set of clearly defined, well-structured, and consistent behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests
Knaak, William C. – 1983
Awareness of the need for more effective instruction for heterogeneous groups of students has resulted in the development of the "mastery learning" model through which students are provided with the additional time necessary to achieve mastery of the content to be learned. The mastery learning model does not, however, provide a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Competence, Competency Based Education
Wisconsin Univ. - Stout, Menomonie. Center for Vocational, Technical and Adult Education. – 1983
A project was conducted to determine the computer application competencies needed by a graduate of Wisconsin Vocational Technical Adult Education (VTAE) food service programs. Surveys were conducted of food service graduates and their employers as well as of major companies by the food service coordinators of the VTAE districts in the state; a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer Literacy
Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States, Decatur, GA. – 1988
This notebook contains the following conference presentations: "Identifying and Validating Task Lists by Business and Industry for Test/Test Item Development" (Charles Losh); "Conducting a Task Analysis for Competency-Based Test Item Development" (Brenda Hattaway); "Writing and Reviewing Test Items: Multiple Choice,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Criterion Referenced Tests, Databases
1998
This document contains four papers from a symposium on professional development of human resource development (HRD) professionals. "Lifelong Learning and Performance: The Role of Key Qualifications in Human Resource Development" (Simone J. van Zolingen, Wim J. Nijhof) argues that, besides being of interest to employers, key…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, College Programs, Competence