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Download full textSitlington, Patricia L. – 1988
An overview is provided of the career/vocational assessment process as applied to individuals with mental disabilities. Types of information that need to be gathered can be grouped into seven basic categories: medical; functional academic skills; interests and environmental preferences; interpersonal skills; work habits and attitudes; learning…
Descriptors: Career Development, Data Collection, Educational Practices, Evaluation Methods
Kokaska, Charles J., Ed. – 1981
The document contains 10 papers on assessment in the career development of the handicapped, and is one of three volumes of selected papers presented at a November 1981, international conference on the career development of handicapped individuals. Part I contains four papers presented in a special session on assessment issues, and Part 2 contains…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Guidance, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
Pastrana, Ronald R. – 1976
The central theme of this report underlines the complexity and multifaceted problems surrounding any attempt to define relationships between special aptitudes and success in an occupation. However, relationships between special aptitudes and success in occupational training are typically more definitive and have a higher correlation. This is…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Competency Based Education, High School Students
Gomes, Marcia P. R. de Magalhaes; And Others – 1976
The purpose of this study was to validate the Teacher's Assessment of Students' Aptitudes Form (TASAF), an instrument devised to guide teachers assessment of students' aptitudes through the observation of their classroom behaviors, i.e., to what extent were teachers able to detect levels of differential aptitudes in their students through guided…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Classroom Observation Techniques, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1970
The implementation of a work-study program in a rural, depressed area, the operation of the program, and evaluation are discussed in the first of six papers on vocational education for the retarded. The sheltered workshop at the Kurtz Training Center in Pennsylvania is described with a focus on promoting self image and adjustment. A 6-year…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Program Descriptions
Nelson, Delores; Hammer, Debra Goss – 1985
This document is a guide to vocational assessment of secondary school students, especially those who have disabilities. It was developed for use in Fayette County, Kentucky, but can be adapted for use in other areas. The nine sections of the guide discuss the background and procedures for conducting student assessments. The first four sections of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities, Educational Resources
Nevels, Vada G. – 1987
In compliance with Section 204 (C) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, the Pennyrile Vocational Education Region Two, in Madisonville, Kentucky, developed a formal assessment system to help single parents/displaced homemakers make a realistic choice of curriculum. During the project, assessment instruments were evaluated and…
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Evaluation Methods, Measures (Individuals), Models
Toronto Board of Education (Ontario). Research Dept.
In addition to a review of the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT), a number of other aptitude tests are examined. They are: (1) Flanagan Aptitude Classification Tests, (2) Holzinger-Crowder Uni-Factor Tests, (3) Employee Aptitude Survey, (4) Revised Minnesota Paper Form Board Test, (5) Minnesota Clerical Test, and (6) Turse Clerical Aptitudes Test.…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Guides
Oregon Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, Salem. – 1994
Intended for use by institutions and agencies providing career assessment and guidance services, this reference guide provides information about the selection of appropriate career assessment instruments. The 30 career assessment instruments included in the publication are listed under the following broad categories: multiple aptitude batteries;…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Computer Assisted Testing, Diagnostic Tests
Nolte, Deborah – 1992
A study examined the underlying factor structure of the aptitude tests and work samples being completed by students with educational disadvantages (limited reading and mathematics skills) who were assessed with the current assessment model in the Akron (Ohio) Public Schools. The amount of variance accounted for by the factors was also…
Descriptors: Blacks, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Females
Thomas, Stephen W. – 1986
This book is a step-by-step guide to the logical writing of meaningful and practical vocationally oriented reports. The book contains an introduction and 12 additional chapters. The introduction defines vocational evaluation reports and discusses the skill, art, and science of meaningful report writing. The 12 chapters cover the following topics:…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Postsecondary Education, Recordkeeping, Records (Forms)
Amodeo, Luiza B.; Martin, Jeanette – 1982
The sophomore screening process at New Mexico State University's College of Education, designed to assure quality and commitment in prospective teachers, has three major components. The first is pre-screening, which requires that students successfully complete coursework in orientation to education, introduction to human growth and behavior,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Diagnostic Tests
Anderson, John T. – 1973
A study dealt with determining the feasibility of using work evaluation in adult basic education (ABE) programs in Wisconsin and the extent to which this evaluation process would be of value to the ABE programs and students. Five ABE students participated in a two-week evaluation in which their vocational aptitudes, interests, abilities,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Background, Intelligence
Kenston Local School District, Chagrin Falls, OH. – 1973
The objectives of a three-year comprehensive aerospace education program at Kenston High School, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, funded under Title III ESEA, were to provide marketable skills for non-College-bound students as well as counseling for the student planning on college or technical school education in the aviation field. Students also were taught…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Career Counseling, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Guides
Elrod, G. Franklin; And Others – Diagnostique, 1989
This article examines informal transition-related assessment procedures for use with students with mild disabilities. The article includes a rationale for assessing transition-related variables; assessment procedures for kindergarten through grade 6 and for grade 7 through grade 12 and a discussion of common features of practical,…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
