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A Conceptual Framework for Competencies Assessment. In-Progress Reflection No. 4 on "Current and Critical Issues in the Curriculum and Learning"
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Roegiers, Xavier – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2016
There can be no denying the influence of competencies on the development of the school and its curricula. It is increasingly the case that, to enrol in a socio-economic fabric, whether locally or globally, learners--male or female--must learn to place their knowledge and know-how at the service of action: they must be able to deal with complex…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Performance Factors, Competency Based Education, Minimum Competencies
Participatory Evaluation as Seen in a Vygotskian Framework
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Higa, Terry Ann F.; Brandon, Paul R. – Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2008
In participatory evaluations of K-12 programs, evaluators develop school faculty's and administrators' evaluation capacity by training them to conduct evaluation tasks and providing consultation while the tasks are conducted. A strong case can be made that the capacity building in these evaluations can be examined using a Vygotskian approach. We…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Program Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Handwriting: Ergonomics, Assessment and Instruction: Research Supplement.
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Bailey, C. A. – British Journal of Special Education, 1988
Research is reviewed on (1) ergonomic factors which affect handwriting performance, focusing on the student's grip on the writing implement, pressure on the writing instrument and surface, types of writing instruments, and writing paper; and (2) assessment of the legibility and speed of handwriting. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Handwriting
Matching Training Tasks to Abilities of People with Mental Retardation: A Learning Test versus Experienced Staff.
Stubbings, Vicki; Martin, Garry L. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1998
A study compared the accuracy of experienced staff with a learning test in predicting the ability of 18 persons with mental retardation to learn 12 training tasks. Results found the Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities test was more accurate for predicting client performance than the assessments of experienced staff. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Ability, Competence, Evaluation Methods
Human Resources as Engineering Design Criteria.
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Askren, William B. – 1976
The report summarizes the results of a number of studies which have been performed in an attempt to develop a technology for using human resources data as criteria in engineering design studies. Eight investigations conducted during the period 1966-1975 are briefly described. The results of the eight studies are integrated around six topics of:…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Design, Evaluation Methods, Feasibility Studies
MANUFACTURING PROCESS FUNCTIONS--I. AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL AND ITS COMPARISON WITH EXISTING FUNCTIONS (AND)II. SELECTION OF TRAINEES AND CONTROL OF THEIR PROGRESS.
GLOVER, J.H. – 1966
THE CHIEF OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY OF SPEED-SKILL ACQUISITION WAS TO FIND A MATHEMATICAL MODEL CAPABLE OF SIMPLE GRAPHIC INTERPRETATION FOR INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND PRODUCTION SCHEDULING AT THE SHOP FLOOR LEVEL. STUDIES OF MIDDLE SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN MACHINE AND VEHICLE ASSEMBLY, AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION, SPOOLMAKING AND THE MACHINING OF PARTS CONFIRMED…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training, Job Skills, Learning Plateaus
Targeting Employment Services (Kalamazoo, Michigan, April 29-May 1, 1999).
Eberts, Randall W., Ed.; O'Leary, Christopher J., Ed.; Wandner, Stephen A., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 13 papers on targeting employment services. The following papers are included: "Targeting Employment Services under the Workforce Investment Act" (Stephen A. Wandner); "Predicting the Exhaustion of Unemployment Compensation" (Robert B. Olsen, Marisa Kelso, Paul T. Decker, Daniel H. Klepinger);…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Services, Decision Making, Delivery Systems