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Robert Morris Coll., Coraopolis, PA. Businesss Teacher Education Dept. – 1978
Course objectives used in Pennsylvania high school typewriting classes were used as a basis for constructing a test of typing competencies. The skills tested involved the typing of business letters, carbon memoranda manuscripts, column tables, and invoices; timed writing; English usage; and proofreading. The tests were administered to first-year…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Competency Based Education, Course Objectives, Performance Tests
Download full textHagen, George R. – 1975
This report presents a method of teaching first-year typewriting to a large group of students by using individualized instruction and multimedia techniques. The method presented was implemented at Napa College (California) during the fall quarter of the 1975-76 school year and was evaluated soon thereafter. In order to measure the success of the…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Community Colleges, Conventional Instruction, Cost Effectiveness
Dierks, Caroll J. – 1977
The Automated Instruction Touch Typing System, an individualized self-paced instructional method of teaching typewriting skills using the principles of response conditioning, was evaluated. The system is divided into four phases. Phase 1 presents keyboard instruction in four to six hours. These lessons are response conditioning sessions during…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Instruction, Business Skills, Course Evaluation
Conrad, Debra – 1984
A project was undertaken to evaluate software available for teaching business and office skills and to determine which software products are currently being used by business and office occupations teachers throughout West Virginia. Ninety-four of the 164 West Virginia teachers to whom a questionnaire was mailed responded to the survey. Although…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Business Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Scriven, Jolene D.; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted (1) to determine current practices in word processing installations in selected organizations throughout the United States, and (2) to ascertain anticipated future developments in word processing as well as to provide recommendations for educational institutions that prepare workers for business offices. Seven interview…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Business Education, Business Skills, Clerical Occupations
Barr, Lowell L.; Fairchild, Patricia – 1984
Designed to update an original study conducted two years ago, this study questioned businesses across Wyoming about the job skills needed by persons graduating from high school and immediately entering the work force in office occupations. A questionnaire was sent to 210 businesses across the state, with a response rate of 62 percent (137…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Clerical Occupations, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Fairchild, Patricia; Gilligan, Joyce – 1982
This survey was conducted by the Vocational Programs Unit of the State Department of Education and the State Steering Committee for Business and Office Education in Wyoming to facilitate the determination of business and office education state standards. The survey was mailed to 208 businesses in the state asking for responses to the degree of…
Descriptors: Accounting, Bookkeeping, Business Education, Business Skills
