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Sticht, Thomas G.; And Others – 1970
The papers in this collection present a description of, and the results of, research in Work Unit REALISTIC. In addition to the first paper which is an overview, the three papers are: "Psychometric Determination of Relationships Among Literacy Skills and Job Proficiency,""Reading Ability, Readability, and Readership: Identifying…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Evaluation, Job Analysis, Listening
Sticht, Thomas G.; And Others – 1971
Work Unit REALISTIC was undertaken by the Human Resources Research Organization to provide information concerning demands for reading, listening, and arithmetic skills in selected military occupational specialties and to provide information relevant to the matching of personnel literacy skills to job demands for such skils. This report describes…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Arithmetic, Armed Forces, Diagnostic Tests
Sticht, Thomas G. – 1978
Two focuses of a discussion of literacy and vocational competence should be the need for a more profound understanding of literacy and the relevance of that understanding for studying reading in vocational settings. A developmental model of the acquisition of literacy considers reading a second signaling system for speech. People who become…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Employment Qualifications, Informal Reading Inventories