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Evaluation of a Soft Skills Training Program
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Charoensap-Kelly, Piyawan; Broussard, Lauren; Lindsly, Mallory; Troy, Megan – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2016
This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a soft skills employee training program. We examined willingness to learn and delivery methods (face-to-face vs. online) and their associations with the training outcomes in terms of learning and behavioral change. Results showed that neither participants' willingness to learn nor delivery…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Delivery Systems, Online Courses, Conventional Instruction
Relationship of Preschool Academic Skill Deficits to Subsequent Acquisition of Reading and Mathematic Skills.
Morrow, Robert D.; McBride, Hugh J. – 1977
This article discusses the assessment of language and cognitive development as reflected in preschool activities and describes the Preschool Language-Cognitive Assessment for Curriculum Entry (PLACE). Five task-skill areas associated with common preschool activities (building with blocks, completing puzzles, pounding pegs, etc) are identified. How…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Development, Identification, Language Acquisition
National Evaluation of Head Start Educational Services and Basic Educational Skills Initiative. Project Report 3: Child Outcomes: Individual Testing Battery for the Fall 1979 Cohort.
Wedell-Monnig, Jacelyn; McNeil, Judy T. – 1980
One of 10 reports in a longitudinal study of Project Head Start submitted by NTS Research Corporation to the Administration for Children, Youth and Families, this document presents the individual testing battery used for the fall 1979 cohort. The first chapter identifies the skill areas to be tested in an analysis of Project Head Start's…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Child Development
Development and Testing of Criteria for the Identification and Selection of Mentally Handicapped Students for Vocational Programs [and] A Review of Related Literature Concerning Components of Systems and Studies That Impact on Identification and Selection of EMRs and Slow Learners for Vocational Programs [and] VERT: Vocational Education Readiness Test. Final Report.
Shill, James F.; And Others – 1978
A project was developed to (1) utilize a steering committee for project planning, review, and evaluation; (2) catalog, review, and analyze systems and studies that impact on identification/selection of mentally handicapped and slow learners for vocational programs; (3) design tests involving vocational skill prediction for use with mentally…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Annotated Bibliographies, Auto Mechanics