ERIC Number: ED019511
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1968-Feb
Pages: 218
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EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS FOR SELECTED AREAS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION. FINAL REPORT.
COFFEY, JOHN L.; AND OTHERS
THE TWO MAJOR PHASES OF THIS RESEARCH WERE (1) ANALYZING TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION TO IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE PRIMARY VOCATIONAL SKILLS, AND (2) DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING NINE SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS. THREE INSTRUMENTS WERE USED IN ANALYZING VOCATIONAL CONTENT SOURCES TO IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE GENERAL BEHAVIORS AS WELL AS TRADE-SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF HOW THE BEHAVIORS ARE DEMONSTRATED WITHIN AUTOMOTIVE MECHANICS, COSMETOLOGY, DRAFTING, ELECTRICAL-ELECTRONICS, MACHINE TRADES, SHEET METAL, AND WELDING. THE MAJOR RESULT OF THE ANALYSIS PHASE WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BEHAVIORAL CATALOG CONTAINING THE GENERAL BEHAVIORS INVOLVED IN TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION AND SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF HOW THESE BEHAVIORS ARE DEMONSTRATED. SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS DEVELOPED TO TEACH EIGHT SELECTED SKILLS WERE--(1) OPERATING HACKSAWS AND OPERATING SCREWDRIVERS TO TEACH HAND TOOL OPERATION, (2) COMMUNICATING COURTEOUSLY IN COSMETOLOGY TO TEACH ORAL COMMUNICATION, (3) VISUALIZING STATIONARY THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL DRAWINGS TO TEACH VISUALIZATION, (4) DETERMINING THE CAUSES OF TIRE WEAR TO TEACH VISUAL DIAGNOSIS, (5) IDENTIFYING METALS TO TEACH SENSORY DISCRIMINATION, (6) DOING A GOOD JOB AT WORK TO TEACH PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, (7) GIVING A BASIC HAIRCUT TO TEACH TASK PERFORMANCE, AND (8) LETTERING TO TEACH TWO-DIMENSIONAL FORM CONSTRUCTION. STUDIES OF THE SKILLS OF AUDITORY DIAGNOSIS AND MATHEMATICAL WORD-PROBLEM SOLVING DID NOT RESULT IN UNITS THAT COULD BE EVALUATED. EVALUATIONS OF FIVE UNITS SUPPORTED THE CONTENTION THAT SELF-INSTRUCTION IS EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE. A PROGRESS REPORT OF THE PROJECT IS ED 010 403. (PS)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auto Mechanics, Autoinstructional Aids, Cosmetology, Drafting, Electricians, Evaluation, Hand Tools, Job Skills, Machinists, Material Development, Mathematics, Problem Solving, Programed Instruction, Programed Instructional Materials, Sheet Metal Work, Skill Analysis, Speech Communication, Task Analysis, Task Performance, Trade and Industrial Education, Units of Study, Visual Discrimination, Welding
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Authoring Institution: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH.
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