Summarizes a doctoral thesis that validated a Gagnian learning hierarchy and showed that graphical skills were more quickly learned the greater the guidance that was given, but that there was no difference in retention and transfer between guided and discovery learning of these skills. (AL)

Organizes machine tools and machine operations into commonalities in order to help the student visualize and distinguish the common characteristics which exist between machine tools and operations. (GR)

Focusing on the precise grounds on which a person can be said to have solved a problem, six conditions are articulated which govern the application of the concept and its relationship to trying and intention. The "solving" concept is found in synonymous phrases such as "figuring out" and "finding the solution." (Author/CM)

Reports on a study of human problem-solving behavior in which a technique called First-Order Cognitive Analysis was employed to analyze the tasks involved in certain accounting processes such as bookkeeping. A reference list, an appendix outlining the problem employed in the study, and an appendix on the task analysis are attached. (JL)

Mothers of two severely handicapped infants were instructed via task analysis to teach their children three tasks. Results suggested that mothers learned quickly and children acquired, maintained, and generalized the desired responses. (CL)

Examines three distinct approaches to developing competency models: the modified task analysis approach, the critical trait approach, and the situational approach. Figures illustrate each model. (CT)

Six formerly institutionalized severely handicapped adults living in a nursing home were taught a cooperative leisure skill. All six participants acquired the leisure skill. Informal followup observations indicated that participants continued to self initiate, sustain, and terminate the leisure activity as much as 2 weeks beyond the program's…

The author presents a task analysis model for interpreting diagnostic test performance and for planning a remedial program for learning disabled students. A survey of evaluation instruments is given for eight skill areas, including oral expression, listening comprehension, and basic reading skills. A case study illustrates the approach. (CL)

Evaluates the current state of research on motivation of behavior as a response to proffered rewards. Most research has evaluated behavior in academic classrooms or laboratory problem-solving groups and has focused on a choice between (1) cooperation where everyone receives a similar reward when a performance standard has been met, and (2)…

Discusses the contributions of cognitive theory to continued progress in the field of instructional design, and, correspondingly, what designers can do in the coming decade to facilitate the growth and development of the understanding of human cognition. Forty references are appended. (Author/LLS)

Four-man groups participated in a model-building task as a group. Medium Machs were rated as leaders significantly more than High or Low Machs. Low Structure increased emergent leadership across Machiavellianism level, while High Structure increased group members' satisfaction. (Author)

Presents a single integrated set of procedures for both analysis and design of instruction according to the Elaboration Theory. (JEG)

A Finnish nursing home's team development process included brainstorming on the characteristics of good teams, profiling of team members' nursing skills, analysis of tasks, and identification of ways to improve work quality and information flow to residents. Team building required clarification of work structures, determination of the…