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Hartz, John D. – 1978
A project was conducted to improve the employability and employment prospects for students by (1) identifying non-job task skills and characteristics important to job acquisition and retention, (2) constructing an instrument to assess the identified skills and characteristics, (3) pilot testing the instrument with graduates from two postsecondary…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Construction (Process), Employment Qualifications, Information Dissemination
Rose, Andrew M. – 1978
An ongoing series of experiments has extended Rose's information processing approach to job performance assessment. Each study investigated cognitive tasks from the literature on memory, psycholinquistics, and visual information processing, for potential inclusion in the test battery. Each task was then evaluated against three criterion areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Evaluation Needs
PDF pending restorationManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1972
The Basic Occupational Literacy Test (BOLT) was developed as an achievement test of basic skills in reading and arithmetic, for educationally disadvantaged adults. The objective was to develop a test appropriate for this population with regard to content, format, instructions, timing, norms, and difficulty level. A major issue, the use of grade…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Adults, Basic Skills
Greenberg, Lydia – 1980
Reading and mathematics tests of the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills Tests were modified to accomodate handicapped students, in order to determine whether or not students would perform better on the modified test forms. Changes were made in the format of the test booklets, answer sheets, and administration instructions to accomodate the following…
Descriptors: Answer Sheets, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Davis, John N.; Moriel, James, Jr. – 1980
In order to compose equivalent certification tests in the basic skills in reading, mathematics calculations and applications, and writing for high school graduation requirements, the San Jose Unified School District, California, used the Rasch computer program to arrive at the scaled difficulty level of test items. The procedure for achieving a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Difficulty Level
Lopez, Hector L. – 1978
Because existing standardized college examination tests did not accurately measure the potential for learning of bilingual/bicultural populations, the Border Community College Consortium began in 1971 to develop two standardized tests to address the strengths and weaknesses of Mexican American students in writing, reading, and listening to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biculturalism, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
Kerwin, Michael A. – 1980
The Educational Development Questionnaire (EDQ), a 60-question rating scale, was designed to measure the teaching behavior of adult educators in terms of Malcolm Knowles' descriptions of andragogical (self-directed) and pedagogical learning processes. The EDQ was first used during 1978 winter classes by 961 students who rated the teaching behavior…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Andragogy
Download full textERICKSON, EDSEL L.; JOINER, LEE M. – 1967
THIS IS A METHODOLOGICAL STUDY TO DETERMINE IF RELIABLE AND VALIDLY COMPARABLE DATA CAN BE OBTAINED FROM SCALES DESIGNED FOR USE WITH HEARING IMPAIRED, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, AND NON-IMPAIRED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE MAJOR INSTRUMENTS ASSESSED SELF CONCEPT OF ACADEMIC ABILITY. IT WAS CONCLUDED ON THE BASIS OF CROSS-VALIDATION AND OTHER ANALYTICAL…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Deafness, Exceptional Child Research
WALLIS, D. – 1966
THIS DOCUMENT IS PART OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE ON OPERATIONAL AND PERSONNEL RESEARCH IN THE MANAGEMENT OF MANPOWER SYSTEMS, HELD IN BRUSSELS IN 1965. A MODEL ILLUSTRATES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED MILITARY INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK AND CONTROL OF LEARNING. THE TRAINING COURSE INCLUDES--(1) A CLEAR…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Constructed Response, Educational Technology, Feedback
ANDRADE, MANUEL; AND OTHERS – 1963
SINCE NO TESTS OF SPANISH SPEAKING ABILITY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WERE AVAILABLE WHEN THE PROJECT BEGAN (1960), IT DEVISED THREE CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED ITEMS TESTING THE SEPARATE ASPECTS OF THE SPEAKING SKILL--PHONETIC ACCURACY, STRUCTURE, AND EASE AND NATURALNESS OF EXPRESSION. A RANDOM SELECTION OF FIFTH-GRADE PUPILS WERE TESTED INDIVIDUALLY,…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Audiolingual Methods, Educational Television, Educational Testing
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1979
This outline of instruction and student guide for a postsecondary level course for instructors is one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. The course is designed to provide the neccesary information that the student will need in planning and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Counseling, Course Descriptions
Simpson, Bruce; And Others – 1980
These performance tests for the area of allied health occupations/practical nursing consist of a sampling technique (domain referenced tests) which covers all the possible performance situations. When used in total, they may also serve as a comprehensive test. Introductory materials discuss domain referenced testing, determining the domains, and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), Job Performance
Campbell, Gene, Comp.; Simpson, Bruce, Comp. – 1980
These written domain referenced tests (DRTs) for the area of allied health occupations/practical nursing test cognitive abilities or knowledge of theory. Introductory materials describe domain referenced testing and test development. Each multiple choice test includes a domain statement, describing the behavior and content of the domain, and a…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Anatomy, Drug Therapy
Jones, B. Dolores; Mook, Corena – 1980
A project was conducted to design a survey instrument that would help in identifying sex-related barriers to employment and to administer that instrument to employers in both rural and urban counties of Kansas. It was projected that the data derived from the survey could be used to aid in designing vocational education methods and techniques.…
Descriptors: Clerical Workers, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
PDF pending restorationFischl, M. A.; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this research was to develop composites of subtests of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) such that each composite score would be reliable and the various composite scores would be factorially independent of each other. Factor analysis was used to cluster the tests into composites based on the underlying…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Clerical Occupations
