TWO EXPERIMENTS WITH GRADE 7 STUDENTS INVESTIGATED USE OF VIDEO TAPED, PROGRAMED DEMONSTRATIONS FOR LEARNING TO ASSEMBLE AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR. INDEPENDENT VARIABLES WERE SIZE OF DEMONSTRATION UNIT AND MODE OF PRACTICE (ACTUAL VERSUS RECOGNITION). RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE LARGER THE UNIT, THE MORE ERRORS STUDENTS COMMITTED DURING PRACTICE, AND THIS…

At the Edna A. Hill Preschool Laboratories at the University of Kansas, children between the ages of two and five are being taught two kinds of precise skills, some to prepare them for the academic world and others to enable them to care for themselves more independently. Behavior analysis and application of reinforcement principles make earlier…

This study applies the A-B scale to psychotherapists and tests the hypotheses that A's describe themselves as more feminine and less masculine than B's. A's, purportedly more effective with schizophrenics, tend to dislike mechanical-technical activities, while B's, more effective with neurotics, like them. Results show no association between A-B…

The standard differentiates among telephone worker (WG-9), telephone mechanic (WG-10), and telephone mechanic (WG-11) in terms of duties, skill and knowledge, responsibility, physical effort, and working conditions. All are involved in installing, modifying, repairing, and maintaining telephone systems. The work requires knowledge and telephone…

Describes three studies concerned with learning to operate a control panel device and how this learning is affected by understanding a device model that describes its internal mechanism. Results indicate benefits of a device model depend on whether it supports direct inference of exact steps required to operate the device. (Author/MBR)

This study, which examined children's understanding of machines, focused on how children decide which objects are machines and which are not, and how they group machines as similar or different. Brainstorming sessions involving two groups of four kindergarten children and one class each from the second, fourth, and fifth grade, were conducted.…

This instructor's manual covers 20 competency-based instructional units designed to prepare entry-level outboard marine technicians. The first section explains how to use the materials and lists the units and the modules that constitute each. The second section lists the competencies taught in the course. The third section suggests instructional…

John Runkle, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), viewed the Moscow Imperial Technical School exhibit at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 and saw the Russian method of manual training as the answer to the dilemma of combining theory and practice in engineering instruction. On August 17, 1876, shops in which…

Operation PFI (Protecting Farmer's Investments), a Statewide program in Mississippi to stimulate agricultural mechanics instruction, has proven very effective. Ke- factors to its acceptance were thorough planning, teacher involvement, and a multi-faceted approach. (EA)

This study investigated how people reason about simple mechanical devices and physical systems, and how reasoning methods and understanding of a device evolve over a period of exposure. Twelve students attending the Teachers College at Columbia University (New York) participated in the first of two experiments; and 10 students attending the same…

The paper explores problems encountered in using a taxonomy of the psychomotor domain and provides instrumentation useful to structuring statements of objectives to assure well-balanced approaches to industrial and technical education. (Author/AJ)