This report describes the uses of visual literacy programs in the schools and outlines four categories for incorporating training in visual thinking into school curriculums as part of the back to basics movement in education. The report recommends that curriculum writers include materials pertaining to: (1) reading visual language and…

The Board of Education of the School District of the City of Saginaw requested the Department of Evaluation Services to review the literature relative to competency testing, especially for the elementary grades. This review on competency testing programs and competency based education (CBE) covers several areas. The emphasis on educational…

Noting that teachers wishing to increase students' listening skills must focus on modification of specific causes of ineffective communication behavior rather than theorizing about generic symptoms, this paper describes a competency oriented approach for improving listening skills. The paper first provides a rationale for improving listening…

This project was conducted to identify unique competencies required by special education aides (teacher aides) and other caregivers of young children with special needs. Through a literature review, six nationally or state published competency lists were found, along with other lists published by various community colleges. The lists were analyzed…

This handbook for vocational educators reviews four instructional strategies that may be used in a vocational classroom to accommodate the special needs of the handicapped and/or disadvantaged student. The strategies are task analysis, mapping, flowcharting, and peer tutoring. For each strategy, examples are given that incorporate the three…

Our department has redesigned its electrical and computer engineering programs by adopting a learning methodology based on competence development, problem solving, and the realization of design projects. In this article, we show how this pedagogical approach has been successfully used for learning probabilities and their application to computer…

In Presenting an approximation to a systematic approach to promote learner realization of pre-defined competencies, a limited approach to instructional design emphasizing the content and processes of learning is suggested. (AG)

Presented is the program performance report of a project to train paraprofessionals in working with preschool handicapped children in Alaska. Accomplishments and attainments as well as slippages are reviewed for each of the program's three objectives: development of competency based training materials for paraprofessionals, training of…

Supporting performance objective 46 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on completing invoices are included in this packet. (The packet is the fifth in a set of nine on performing computational clerical activities--CE 016 951-959.) The…

Supporting performance objective 54 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on writing checks are included in this packet. (The packet is the sixth in a set of nine on performing computational clerical activities--CE 016 951-959.) The…

Supporting performance objective 74 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on transcribing from recorded media are included in this packet. (The packet is the first in a set of four on performing stenographic activities--CE 016 974-976.)…

Supporting performance objective 71 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on composing correspondence are included in this packet. (The packet is the fourth in a set of four on performing stenographic activities--CE 016 973-976.) The…

A cross-section of people who are exploring new ways of training, hiring and credentialing mental health workers on the basis of competence participated in this symposium. Their basis premises were that: (1) competency, not academic degrees, should be the basis for hiring and training human service workers and (2) there is a need for hard facts…

Teacher and student dissatisfaction with a traditional approach to technical education has led one Canadian college to develop the ACT (Applied Civil Technology) Program, a self-learning system in which the student makes his own structure by scheduling the paths he desires to follow to reach the ultimate goal. (Author/AJ)