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Peer reviewedRevelle, William; Michaels, Edward J. – Psychological Review, 1976
The basic theory of achievement motivation as developed by Atkinson is reviewed, and the implications of the inertial-tendency postulate are examined. (Editor)
Descriptors: Diagrams, Learning Theories, Motivation, Prediction
Download full textClemson Univ., SC. Vocational Education Media Center. – 1978
This learning module on understanding performance objectives, criterion-referenced measures, and performance guides is one of nine developed for use in training administrators, teachers, and prospective teachers in the utilization of Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS) catalogs. Readings are provided on the following…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Behavioral Objectives, Catalogs, Check Lists
Schmitt, Terry Lyndell – 1978
A review of the literature on the spatial functioning of the blind, the results of a questionnaire of 75 sighted college students and their parents, and results of a study of 87 blind and seeing adults' performance on three spatial tasks are presented. The review suggested that adventitiously blind individuals perform better than congenitally…
Descriptors: Adventitious Impairments, Blindness, Congenital Impairments, Developmental Stages
Brooks, George W.; Weaver, Lelon A., Jr. – 1966
A battery of four psychomotor tests was developed and evaluated as a measure of the potential of mental patients of varying diagnoses for rehabilitation training. The tests were to be suitable for administration and interpretation by non-professional level technicians. The relationship between performance on the 5 days of tests and patient outcome…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
James, Frank W. – 1975
The report provides simplified instructions for writing and illustrating Job Performance Aids (JPAs). JPAs are step-by-step work instructions geared to the intellectual level of the performer and background training aids for psychological task preparedness. The first two sections of the report discuss the origin of JPAs and the principles of task…
Descriptors: Direction Writing, Grammar, Guides, Job Analysis
Sulzer, Jefferson L. – 1970
Does nutritional deficiency retard psychological development? The Tulane Nutrition Study reports the first segment of its research based on extensive analysis of psychological and nutritional data gathered predominately on children who attended five, 6-week Head Start programs. Scores on a battery of eight psychological tests and two hematological…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Data Analysis, Individual Differences, Intellectual Development
Resnick, Lauren B.; And Others – 1970
Twenty-seven kindergarten children were trained on two different double classification matrix tasks in an attempt to determine whether the tasks were hierarchically related. Prior behavior analyses of the tasks suggested that the two tasks shared many components, but that the more complex task had in addition components not included in the simpler…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Cognitive Development, Kindergarten Children
Lamb, Gene – 1973
The main thrust of California's Ryan Act (1970) has been to terminate credential qualifications by verification of credit received from an institution of higher education and move towards the competency based professional preparation program where institutions are first authorized to offer such programs and then assigned the responsibility to…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Role, Administrators
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Training. – 1969
This report is intended to explain the steps followed in developing a particular curriculum, to state the problems encountered and their solutions, and to provide a general guide for others who wish to use a systems approach. The curriculum developed was to be used in training Federal law enforcement recruits. Using a systems approach, job data…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Federal Programs
Pieper, William J.; And Others – 1973
Strategies for instruction in performance oriented tasks were developed in three phases. Phase one was the preparation of appropriate strategies for a performance-oriented technician course. This phase (determination of current course status, current strategies, relevant characteristics of students and instructors, the course environment, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Strategies, Independent Study, Individualized Instruction
Engel, John D. – 1970
A work sample criterion test was developed for General Vehicle Repairman, MOS 63C30 and 63C40. Test items covered three task categories: troubleshooting, corrective action, and preventive maintenance. Thirty-eight organizational mechanics were tested at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Data were also collected on the quality of performance, for example, use…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Criterion Referenced Tests, Equivalency Tests, Item Analysis
Nunez-Niebuhr, Virginia A.; Jones-Molfese, Victoria – 1976
Piaget, in describing the sequence of classificatory development, describes class inclusion as composed of two processes; hierarchical classification and post-whole comparisons. In the experiment reported here, elementary school children, trained in the concept of sets in first grade mathematics were given a task where they were required to assess…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Classification, Cluster Grouping
McClay, David R. – 1978
The nationwide study reported here was designed to (1) identify the essential agricultural competencies needed for entry employment and advancement in the major agriculture and agribusiness occupations and (2) validate the importance of identified competencies for each occupation. Following a brief project summary, the remainder of the report is…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production
CANDLAND, DOUGLAS K.; MANNING, SIDNEY ALPERN – 1967
FIVE EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE SPECIFIC LEARNING PATTERNS IN CHILDREN OF VARYING DEGREES OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PHYLOGENETIC DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE. FACTORS STUDIED WERE THOSE KNOWN TO INFLUENCE LEARNING IN NORMAL CHILDREN AND ADULTS--KIND OF REINFORCEMENT (VERBAL OR…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research, Females
Larson, Curtis G.; Krueger, Kurt – 1978
This competency-based curriculum guide is designed to assist the teacher in the organization and management of the industrial arts program. It includes student performance objectives which detail the responsibilities of the teacher and the students. The competencies described in the document represent individual learning units in each of the…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Guides
