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Smith, J. McCree – 1966
Three methods for the preparation of maintenance budgets are discussed--(1) a traditional method, inconclusive and obsolete, based on gross square footage, (2) the formula approach method based on building classification (wood-frame, masonry-wood, masonry-concrete) with maintenance cost factors for each type plus custodial service rates by type of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Job Simplification
Kottler, Sylvia B. – 1978
The paper describes the system of conductive education for use with cerebral palsy and multihandicapped children which is based on the research of A. Peto. Conductive education is explained to involve such techniques as individualization of program and instruction, task analysis, transdisciplinary team organization, generalization of all learning,…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction
McClurg, Ronald B. – 1978
An analysis of survey responses from a sample of accredited records technicians on competency characteristics for their occupation is presented in this document. (Accredited records technician is one of seventeen occupation groups included in this research.) The competencies are reported in five categories: (1) those competencies selected by the…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Data Analysis, Health Occupations, Job Analysis
McClurg, Ronald B. – 1978
An analysis of survey responses from a sample of licensed practical nurses on competency characteristics for their occupation is presented in this document. (Licensed practical nurse is one of seventeen occupation groups included in this research.) The competencies are reported in five categories: (1) those competencies selected by the respondents…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Data Analysis, Health Occupations, Job Analysis
McClurg, Ronald B. – 1978
An analysis of survey responses from a sample of medical laboratory assistants on competency characteristics for their occupation is presented in this document. (Medical laboratory assistant is one of seventeen occupation groups included in this research.) The competencies are reported in five categories: (1) those competencies selected by the…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Data Analysis, Health Occupations, Job Analysis
Sternberg, Robert J. – 1978
A theory of the nature of mental abilities is presented. In this theory, mental abilities are hierarchically organized into four progressively deeper levels--the levels of composite tasks, subtasks, information-processing components, and information-processing metacomponents. Composite tasks can be decomposed into subtasks, subtasks into…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Individual Psychology, Intelligence
Norton, Kent – 1973
A certain amount of paper work is necessary in school systems, but it must be handled in a rational, planned, and controlled manner. Most problems begin and end with the lack of training for paper work and management systems. To avoid this problem, an operating procedures manual was developed for the Special Education Instructional Materials…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Clerical Workers, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
Parker, Edward L. – 1975
A research study was conducted to determine the feasibility and desirability of developing generalized training equipment for use in avionic systems maintenance training. The study consisted of a group of survey and analytic tasks to provide useful guidance to serve the needs of the Naval Aviation community in future years. The study had four…
Descriptors: Aviation Mechanics, Aviation Technology, Design Requirements, Equipment
Bessemer, David W., Ed.; Smith, Edward L., Ed. – 1972
The structure of knowledge in a particular subject-matter discipline and the structure of behavior in a given task-skill domain are often regarded as unrelated or even antithetical bases for the systematic design of instructional products and procedures. This volume documents progress toward a methodology of instructional design founded on the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Instructional Design, Learning Theories
Docherty, Edward M. – 1974
This paper presents a study designed to determine if groups of concrete and formal operational children can be identified through the technique of cluster analysis, using a battery of Piagetian tasks. A Total of 64 subjects, 8 boys and 8 girls from each of the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth grade levels, were selected from a public elementary…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
EPD Consortium D, Richardson, TX. – 1975
A mail survey of vocational-techncial teachers in Texas was conducted to identify tasks performed, knowledge required, and amount of time spent in the performance of these tasks. A questionnaire was given to 1,149 vocational-technical teachers with 85 percent responding. The teachers were classified according to vocational program areas and were…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Questionnaires, State Surveys, Tables (Data)
Bernard, Michael E. – 1975
A review of task analysis procedures beginning with the military training and systems development approach and covering the more recent work of Gagne, Klausmeier, Merrill, Resnick, and others is presented along with a plan for effective instruction based on the review of task analysis. Literature dealing with the use of task analysis in programmed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Educational Improvement, Instructional Programs
McMurray, Nancy E.; And Others – 1975
An instructional design based on task analysis procedures was used to develop two experimental lessons to accelerate attainment of a subject-matter concept by fourth grade students. A variation of the Solomon Four-Group design was employed to determine the effects of the pretest. Performance of 118 randomly assigned subjects on a measure assessing…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Experiments, Elementary Education, Grade 4
Gaynor, Alan K. – 1975
While much research has been done on the administrative style of school principals, it has concentrated mainly on how the principal does what he does. This study investigated the content dimensions of the principal's role in response to the need for research on the impact of evolving environments on the changing role of school principals and the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
Kuriloff, Arthur H.; Yoder, Dale – 1975
This training manual provides guidelines for effective teamwork and work-team maintenance and development. It was designed for use in the Marine Corps Task Analysis program, in which staff members are organized to form a work-team whose continuing performance as an effective team is crucial for success of the project. Chapter 1, the major portion…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Force Field Analysis, Management by Objectives, Organizational Change
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