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Download full textAlberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1986
The bulletin provides a general description of the Grade 9 Social Studies Achievement Test, an outline of the objectives to be tested, the test blueprint, test scoring procedures, and sample questions that demonstrate the nature and complexity of the test items. All test questions are drawn from the content of three prescribed topics: selected…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Essay Tests
Kavanagh, Michael J.; And Others – 1987
A classification scheme for job performance measurement was developed by the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory (AFHRL) for development of individual job performance measures to validate Air Force selection and classification procedures. The job performance literature indicates that previous research relied heavily on broad-based generic…
Descriptors: Classification, Evaluation Criteria, Job Performance, Measurement Techniques
Stone, David E.; Hutson, Barbara A. – 1984
As part of an ongoing effort to understand the processes people employ in reading technical material and the ways in which computer based job aids can assist people in doing complex tasks, a study was conducted to determine how subjects engaged in an assembly task use a detailed and hierarchically organized information structure (Hypertext) to…
Descriptors: Assembly (Manufacturing), Computer Oriented Programs, Definitions, Diagrams
Foutes, William – 1982
This publication is the third in a series of three texts for a diesel mechanics curriculum. Its purpose is to teach the concepts related to fuel injection systems in a diesel trade. The text contains eight units. Each instructional unit includes some or all of these basic components: unit and specific (performance) objectives, suggested activities…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Diesel Engines
Roeber, Edward D. – 1982
Each year the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) tests all 4th, 7th, and 10th grade students in reading and mathematics and one or more subject areas. Because MEAP has lost funding for test development, experienced assessment staff and a volunteer team of local educators and college and university specialists develop, administer, and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Tests
Lichtenstein, Robert – 1982
The general question of how well parents' reports about their preschool children predict school performance was addressed in this study. In addition, the effects of several population characteristics--sex, socioeconomic status (SES), child's age, and birth order--upon the validity of parent reports were investigated. Parents of 391 preschool…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Birth Order
Peer reviewedKierscht, Marcia Selland; Vietze, Peter M. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Low income and middle income four- and five-year old children were shown stimuli in three forms: objects, colored pictures, and black and white line drawings taken from commonly used assessment instruments, and were asked to label the stimuli. Results indicated both groups of children labeled the objects more successfully than the pictures.…
Descriptors: Children, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Education, Individual Development
Ross, Sheila A. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Leadership, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
Ayres, A. Jean – J Learning Disabilities, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Handicapped, Cognitive Measurement, Exceptional Child Research
Cockrell, John T. – 1978
As part of an effort to provide more economical methods for job-skill evaluation in the Army Enlisted Personnel Management System, a study investigated the use of television as a means of presenting test items for a sample of tests from the job field of tank crewman. The television scene provided the job setting for each item and then posed a…
Descriptors: Enlisted Personnel, Feasibility Studies, Job Skills, Performance Tests
Kennedy, Dale – 1978
This is the first of three volumes designed to cover the problems and issues of developing and managing a formal assessment program. They also offer guidelines and illustrations of several aspects of assessment programs, such as administering tests or documenting their results. This volume deals with the regulations governing school assessment…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Maier, Milton H.; Hirshfeld, Stephen F. – 1978
The Army Skill Qualification Tests (SQT's) were designed to determine levels of competence in performance of the tasks crucial to an enlisted soldier's occupational specialty. SQT's are performance-based, criterion-referenced measures which offer two advantages over traditional proficiency and achievement testing programs: test content can be made…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Enlisted Personnel, Job Analysis, Job Skills
May, Donald M.; And Others – 1978
The Computerized Decision Training (CDT) system, which focuses on improving and sharpening higher order cognitive skills in judgmental decision making, incorporates an adaptive computer program which learns the student's value structure, and uses this structure to train the student in practical decision making. The application of decision models…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Decision Making
MELCHING, WILLIAM H.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THIS SYMPOSIUM WAS TO CONSIDER SOME PROBLEMS FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED WHEN PREPARING INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES AND TO DISCUSS SEVERAL MEANS BY WHICH FUTURE EFFORTS AT IMPLEMENTATION MIGHT BE FACILITATED. TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE--(1) "IN DEFENSE OF INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES," (2) "SOME IMPORTANT WAYS IN WHICH PERFORMANCE…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Instructional Improvement, Military Science, Performance Factors
PDF pending restorationSchwind, Hermann F. – 1978
Although the use of personality traits as criteria for performance appraisal is still dominant, behavior-oriented measures of job performance have become more and more popular. One such test used, Behaviorally Anchored Rating Scales (BARS), seems to have two shortcomings. The individual scales are multidimensional, making it difficult for a rater…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
