Task analysis procedures are used to determine the instructional importance of job tasks, and objectives are structured directly from task analysis information. The author examines the translation of this information into instructional outcomes and the determination of the functional relationship between job tasks and instructional components. (MF)

Describes a French language program based on the concept of language for survival. Students took trips to Quebec and were asked to carry out tasks, such as asking for directions and buying items in a store, exclusively in French. (AM)

A list of twenty-six major categories of tasks to be accomplished by automotive mechanics students at the secondary level in industrial arts and/or trades and industry programs and at the postsecondary level in community college programs is provided. The twenty-six categories are as follow: accessories--air conditioning, accessories--heaters,…

Eighteen lesson plans on human relations are presented in this performance- based curriculum unit for distributive education. This unit is self-contained and consists of the following components: introduction (provides overview of unit content and describes why mastery of the objectives is important); performance objectives; pre-assessment…

This combination teaching guide and student workbook, fifth in a five-volume series (see note), presents an approach to teaching basic welding and welding terms for handicapped students. The teaching guide discusses a functional approach to teaching that can accomodate or alleviate the effects of disabilities. Discussion centers on categories to…

A secondary education health assistant curriculum procedure manual for six occupational areas is presented. The six areas, the number of procedures described for each area, and an example procedure follow: nursing assistant, forty-six (assist patient to and from a wheelchair); home health assistant, six (baby holds); medical/dental offices…

This combination teaching guide and student workbook, the first in a five-volume series (see note), presents an approach to teaching horticulture for handicapped students. The guide discusses a functional approach to modifying agriculture programs to accomodate cognitive, affective, and psychomotor (CAP) domain handicaps. The discussion centers on…

This competency based curriculum guide is designed to give teachers an insight into the tasks necessary for students to be trained for employment in a photo-offset printing shop. The guide contains 127 task sheets grouped into eight areas: (1) job planning, layout, and design; (2) composition; (3) image assembly; (4) photo conversion; (5)…

This teaching guide, the second in a five-volume series (see note), concentrates on the CAP (Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor domains) approach for teachers to accomodate handicapped students in vocational classes, particularly business and office education. The first three chapters are designed to (1) acquaint instructors with student…

This teaching guide, the third in a five-volume series (see note), concentrates on the CAP (Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor domains) approach for teachers to accomodate handicapped students in vocational classes with focus on health occupations education. Main emphasis is on (1) discussion of CAP functioning as these may affect an…

This final report presents five products of a health occupations project conducted (1) to update health occupations data, (2) to field test a performance-based curriculum in secondary programs, and (3) to develop materials (domain-referenced tests) to predetermine student and/or job incumbent competencies prior to entrance into a developed…