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Download full textLovelace, Bill E.; Teddlie, Jessie – 1994
This handbook provides a description of the national and Texas initiatives for building a world-class competitive work force using education and training programs that are driven by industry via the National Skills Standards, SCANS (the Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills), and the Texas Skill Standards and Certification…
Descriptors: Electricity, Electronic Technicians, Electronics, Engineering Technicians
Work Keys USA, 1998
"Work Keys" is a comprehensive program for assessing and teaching workplace skills. This serial "special issue" features 18 first-hand reports on Work Keys projects in action in states across North America. They show how the Work Keys is helping businesses and educators solve the challenge of building a world-class work force.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Information Services, Job Analysis, Job Skills
Indiana State Dept. of Workforce Development, Indianapolis. – 1998
The Indiana Workforce Proficiency Panel is responsible for identifying a common set of essential and technical skills for success in occupational areas and issuing Certificates of Technical Achievement. Incumbent workers and students can earn certificates in seven areas that are in high demand in Indiana's labor market and offer high-paying jobs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Educational Certificates, Experiential Learning
Campbell, Clifton P. – 1980
Instructional systems development (ISD) is a systems approach to curriculum development and instructional delivery. It is oriented toward occupational needs with an emphasis on what it is that students must learn to perform specific tasks, what facilities best provide a setting for the neccessary learning, and what instructional methods and media…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Courses, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Development
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to identify the reading-related teaching competencies that will be of potential use to vocational teachers if they are to develop the reading skills necessary for classroom instruction and job success. Questionnaires were sent to 591 teachers in all areas of vocational education. Questionnaire items were rated…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Teacher Education, Comprehension, Educational Diagnosis
Manly, Donna; And Others – 1991
Basic skills instruction can be tied to work performed on the job by conducting a Workplace Educational Skills Analysis (WESA). WESA is a systematic process used by the Wisconsin Workplace Partnership Training Program to identify and analyze the basic educational skills required on the job. Basic skills are identified in seven areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Vaughan, Eva D.; And Others – 1984
This paper describes research concerning the nature of basic skills prerequisite to the learning and performance of a single, technical job (31M10, Multichannel Communications Equipment Operator) in the Army, and development of an instructional program to teach the skills. The work involved six phases carried out over a 2-year period: (1) analysis…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Course Content, Course Evaluation
