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Download full textSachse, Thomas P.; Sanders, James R. – 1975
Applied performance tests are instruments designed to measure performance in an actual or simulated setting. The identifying difference between applied performance and other tests is the degree to which the instrument approximates the reality of the situation in which the task must be performed. A Clearinghouse for Applied Performance Testing…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Competency Based Education, Information Centers, Information Sources
Peer reviewedErber, Norman P. – Volta Review, 1977
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Competency Based Education, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedMadaus, Herbert S.; Yrle, Augusta C. – Business Education Forum, 1976
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Skills, Competency Based Education, Higher Education
Pastrana, Ronald R. – 1976
The central theme of this report underlines the complexity and multifaceted problems surrounding any attempt to define relationships between special aptitudes and success in an occupation. However, relationships between special aptitudes and success in occupational training are typically more definitive and have a higher correlation. This is…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Competency Based Education, High School Students
Niedzielski, Henri – 1975
A holistic and teleological approach to individualized FL instruction is proposed as a possible universal pedagogical theory. The following guidelines are offered. Broad goals and specific operational objectives should be defined, and performance testing devices developed. Each student's particular psychological aptitudes and physiological and…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Guidelines, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs
Swerman, Richard A.; Wurtzel, Norbert K. – 1977
To determine the competency level required of a one-year graduate from barber school and to obtain information that would enable vocational-technical schools to plan their curriculum to better meet student barber needs, a survey was conducted in Wisconsin of 629 barber shop managers, 75 journeymen, and 200 apprentices. Picked at random, these…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Barbers, Certification, Competency Based Education
Lindsay, Carl A.; And Others – 1976
A project was conducted in Pennsylvania to determine what changes might improve the effectiveness of the State's adult basic education (ABE) program. Northcutt's construct of functional competency adult performance level (APL) and Mezirow's program evaluation model provided the basis for the project's two components: APL assessment and program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment
Frazier, Ross, Jr. – 1979
The intention of a research project was to determine the effectiveness of the Personalized, Individualized, Vocational Occupations Training (PIVOT) materials developed by the School District of Philadelphia in developing entry-level competency in secondary school vocational students. The subject areas selected for the study were industrial…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education, Course Evaluation
