A proficiency testing program for potential physical education majors is described. (MM)

Research into three instructional methods for an undergraduate course in child education/behaviorally disordered child education indicated the superiority of both modularized instruction and modularized instruction supplemented with lectures and discussion over traditional instruction techniques when the subjects were given the opportunity to…

Discusses the history of occupational analysis, its decline as a teaching tool, and the increased complexity of commercial materials used for occupational analysis. (JOW)

Examines Competency-Based Education (CBE) at the Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Regina from the perspective of counseling. Program characteristics, program development, student involvement, and counselor role in the program are described. (Author/BL)

The Curriculum of Attainments (COA) Project is investigating a strategy which includes the establishment, expansion and proliferation of pilot CBE programs within existing academic departments. (BD)

This document provides paraeducators with an opportunity to enhance their knowledge of the content and pedagogy of elementary mathematics. The module serves two purposes: To increase the mathematical proficiency of participating paraprofessionals by engaging them in mathematical activities that are relevant to elementary mathematics. Activities in…

Develops a number of arguments to demonstrate the inadequacy of behaviorally defined objectives as a basis for curriculum planning. Argues that human behavior cannot be adequately accounted for by using engineering technological criteria and claims that the key to designing an adequate curriculum is the concept of a person. (NRJ)

This critique of competency-based education discusses competencies in relation to excessive reductionism, behavioral psychology, determinism, bureaucratization, serial thinking, and the industrial-commercial nexus. The author shows that competency-based systems assume the existence of a social reality that is, however, an artificial extrapolation…

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)

Presents a model for developing competency-based instruction via a matrix containing five conceptual dimensions: area of instruction, learning units, time allocations, levels of mastery, and objective classification. (CT)

Discusses some of the findings of a survey conducted by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education in January, 1979. Points out that application of learning is of prime importance to adults. Includes the instrument used with the questions asked concerning competencies in occupational adaptability. (JOW)

The author concludes that testing in basic education is indispensable. Several objections to external testing are discussed. (Author/MLF)

Faculty at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) were surveyed in order to determine prerequisite competencies for the General Education curriculum. These prerequisites were rated on the factors of importance and perceived student achievement. The results of the study indicate that there may be several competencies prerequisite to a…

Asserts that school systems will have to convert from their traditional methods of organizing and operating if competencies beyond the basic skills are to be taught. (Author/IRT)