A New Jersey study identified aptitude and personality traits of secondary male students who elected nontraditional career-related programs in vocational education. The sample of 182 eleventh- and twelfth-grade students included males enrolled in nontraditional subject areas, females from these same program areas, and males enrolled in traditional…

This report documents a statewide competency validation project to provide current information about job skills considered "important to know" by Texas industrial experts in the areas of auto mechanics, diesel mechanics, office occupations, print shop trades, and welding. Section 1 describes the steps used to conduct the study and…

The study investigated areas of difference among accounting practitioners and educators regarding their perceptions of the aims of accounting education. Results are tabulated and discussed in detail. Twelve conclusions are presented, with nine recommendations for improvements in accounting education and practice. (SA)

The document presents the final report of a study to measure and compare the satisfaction and satisfactoriness of office employees 18 months after graduation from model office, cooperative office education, and office procedures courses. Differences among the three programs on a number of job- and education-related variables were also…

During the period from July 1, 1964 to June 30, 1969 the Division of Comprehensive and Vocational Education Research initiated a total of 33 projects related to curriculum development in office and distributive occupations and 38 projects related to adult education. These projects are itemized within their respective categories according to the…

The effect of word processing equipment on the future medical secretarial science curriculum was studied. A literature search focused on word processing and the medical and allied health professions, word processing and business education, and futuring of and changes in the secretarial science curriculum. Questionnaires to identify various aspects…

This report provides the results of a questionnaire survey of 830 postsecondary vocational-technical students attending state-operated schools in Kentucky. The objectives of the study were: (1) to provide demographic information needed to prepare profiles of typical students by program area; (2) to determine the relationships of economic status…

Under the Idaho state system for curriculum development in vocational education, Technical Committees made up solely of industry personnel are responsible for drawing up task lists for each program. This curriculum guide contains a series of 27 modules that comprise the Idaho Program Standards for Business Systems Specialist. It begins with a…

This report documents a project to develop current statewide validated competencies for auto mechanics, diesel mechanics, welding, office occupations, and printing. Section 1 describes the four steps used in the current competency validation project and provides a standardized process for conducting future studies at the local or statewide level.…

A study determined the degree of importance secondary vocational instructors place on students' possessing science skills for successful completion of their vocational program. It also determined the specific skills in biology, chemistry, and physics the instructors taught and identified the secondary vocational programs that require students to…

The purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that students who watch their fingers in the beginning weeks of typewriting instruction will develop better techniques as shown on tests of speed and accuracy at the end of the school year than student who watch only their copy in accordance with the conventional teaching method. The major…

Expert typists have acquired a highly practiced motor skill; a typical professional typist has accumulated over 10,000 hours of practice. Expert typists are much faster than novices, but in addition, their performance is qualitatively different in many ways from novice performance. Expert performance is not simply a speeded-up version of student…

A taxonomy and a list of 108 verbs and their synonyms were compiled as first steps in developing a common language for describing the content of business and office education. By synthesizing the initial data, 57 principal verbs and their 162 synonyms proved adequate for describing 4,548 office tasks. Educational implications will be discussed in…

To assess the effect of the efforts to encourage the selection of nontraditional occupations, Vetter examined the extent of change in enrollment patterns of girls and women in vocational education for the period 1972-82. In the traditionally male programs of agricultural, technical, and trade and industry education, the number and percentage of…