On three occasions over a one-year period 23 children aged 3-4 were asked to match target objects with other objects which were similar to the target in shape or in color but not in both. A sequence of matches to each target was asked for. The structure of these sequences is examined for evidence of classificatory abilities. (Editor)

A case is made that typing, speaking, and playing music are members of a family of skills that can be studied within a common theory. (Editor)

Personal characteristics, job characteristics, and work experiences influenced commitment. Moreover, commitment was found to be strongly related to intent and desire to remain for both samples and moderately related to attendance and turnover for one sample. Performance was generally unrelated to commitment. (Author)

This eighth in a series of ten learning modules on coordination of cooperative education is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teacher-coordinators skill in evaluating students' on-the-job progress including help in devising the evaluation forms and procedures. The terminal objective for the module is to evaluate co-op…

Matrix tasks designed to assess the logical properties of multiple classification and multiple seriation were administered to 105 first, third, and fifth grade children. The tasks included cross-class and double series matrices, each of which had a reproduction and a transposition instructional set, and a revised set of cross-class and double…

Six tasks designed to prepare teachers to develop behavioral objectives are detailed: (1) Define "behavioral objective," and list characteristics of behavioral objectives. (2) Distinguish between objectives which are behaviorally stated and those which are not. (3) Write behavioral objectives for learning activities appropriate to your…

This volume is the first of five volumes describing a systematic approach for constructing task inventories, surveying the task performance of occupations, and analyzing survey data to determine the appropriate performance content for job training. (The approach, referred to as the task survey process, is designed to be of value to both…

A theory of comprehension in verification tasks is developed from a general conception of language comprehension. Models are developed for a task involving transfer verbs "borrow" and "loan" and the possession verb "have." Models and theoretical framework are superior in some respects to constituent comparison and conversion models. (CHK)

The present paper describes an attempt to establish a paper and pencil test battery for improving predictive efficiency in the selection of supporting services personnel at Montgomery County Public Schools and a report on the validation of such a procedure. (Author)

The Workshop on Research Utilization Specialist Model brought together rehabilitation administrators to discuss important new strategies for getting new knowledge applied in practice settings. Here, we describe both the process exemplified by this Workshop and the specific content of its three days of meetings. (Author)

The experiments reported here attempted to examine the processing demands during a directed forgetting operation and to permit a comparison between pupillary response and secondary task performance as indexes of information processing. (Author/RK)

Defining the training needs of managers is a complex process. The trainer must consider the level of management and the norms, values and structural aspects of the organization which may significantly influence manager performance and have a working knowledge of several diagnostic techniques. (Author)

Concludes that recall of a second item of a pair when cued with the first was significantly influenced by both pair relationship and the processing task. (RB)

Large photographs and captions describe development and operation of a high school store by special education students. (MC)

The present study examined the influence of competition on motor performance, task and opponent satisfaction, and the preference for opponents based on the proportion of contests won and lost. (Author)