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Fante, Cheryl H. – 1980
This study was conducted in an attempt to identify any predictor or combination of predictors of a beginning typewriting student's success. Variables of intelligence, rhythmic ability, musical background, and tapping ability were combined to study their relationship to typewriting speed and accuracy. A sample of 109 high school students was…
Descriptors: Background, High School Students, High Schools, Intelligence
Armstrong, Susan – 1980
This introductory word processing, competency-based education curriculum consists of seven learning modules. These are (1) introduction to word processing (with sections on the definition of word processing, the word processing cycle, parts of the word processing system, word processing vocabulary, and positions available in word processing); (2)…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Skills, Competence, Competency Based Education
Burch, Geralyn H. – 1978
This task-simulation learning module on being a correspondence secretary in a realty office for secondary and postsecondary teachers and students, the fifth in a series of eleven task and in-basket simulations, was designed to provide individualized instruction in office occupations courses, such as introductory business and typewriting. (Each of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Correspondence, Competency Based Education, Independent Study
Caughman, Joan T. – 1978
This in-basket-simulation learning module on the activities of a secretary for secondary and postsecondary teachers and students, the eighth in a series of eleven task and in-basket simulations, was designed to provide individualized instruction in office occupations courses, such as introductory business and typewriting. (Each module in the set…
Descriptors: Banking, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Independent Study
Kumar, Vasant – 1979
This teaching guide, the second in a five-volume series (see note), concentrates on the CAP (Cognitive, Affective, and Psychomotor domains) approach for teachers to accomodate handicapped students in vocational classes, particularly business and office education. The first three chapters are designed to (1) acquaint instructors with student…
Descriptors: Business Skills, Educational Strategies, Handicapped Students, Instructional Materials
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1978
Three papers presented at a teacher education leadership conference on the development of common core curriculum for vocational teacher education are contained in this booklet. The title and authors are as follow: "Teaching Intensive and Cooperative Office Education," by Richard Horn and Nelson Madden; "A Proposed Course for Adult Education in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Business Education, Cooperative Education
GREDE, JOHN F.; AND OTHERS – 1968
THIS DOCUMENT IS A LISTING IN TABULAR FORM OF THE VARIOUS OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAMS, BOTH IN OPERATION AND PLANNED, AVAILABLE IN ILLINOIS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE JUNIOR COLLEGES. THE PROGRAMS ARE ARRANGED IN FIVE LARGE GROUPINGS--(1) INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, (2) BUSINESS, SECRETARIAL, AND DATA PROCESSING, (3) HEALTH OCCUPATIONS, (4) PUBLIC…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Business Education, Community Colleges, Data Processing Occupations
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1976
A study designed to determine the existence of a significant relationship between vocational teacher technical competencies and occupational experience factors and to assess teachers' opinions regarding occupational experience, necessity of recency of occupational experience, and length of recency of occupational experience. Only teachers in…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Attitudes, Business Education, Demography
Gatti, Mario; Gonzalez, Lazaro Garcia; Mereu, Maria Grazia; Tagliaferro, Claudio – 2000
This study is a consolidation of the findings acquired in the course of three parallel surveys conducted in France, Italy, and Spain on the impact of new technologies in the telecommunications and administration/office sectors. Data are from an ad hoc interview questionnaire directed at the people in charge of functional areas of the firm and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration, Case Studies, Developed Nations
College of Eastern Utah, Blanding. San Juan Campus. – 1992
The Rural Adventures in Workplace Literacy project at the College of Eastern Utah (San Juan Campus) assessed the literacy and basic needs of employees, developed curriculum materials, and provided training to employees in six industries in southeastern Utah and northern Arizona. Nine industries were contacted; six participated and were firmly…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Development
Mandon, Nicole – 1988
Based on 17 case studies in European Community countries and a literature review, this research project derives several findings--some of them contradictory--about the evolution of qualifications related to office technology. The population studied was office technology users below the executive level. The project found that the impact of the new…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Data Processing, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Werneke, Diane – 1983
As labor-saving, efficiency-increasing electronic technology is introduced into offices, jobs held by women will change. Although some jobs may be lost, most job loss will be absorbed by attrition and reduction of waste. Fewer new openings may occur in office jobs, however, especially in a recessionary economy. On the other hand, the jobs that are…
Descriptors: Adults, Automation, Clerical Occupations, Computers
Imel, Susan – 1989
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…
Descriptors: Displaced Homemakers, Educational Research, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends
Wingfield, Karen L.; And Others – 1981
This guide is intended to help teachers and vocational administrators incorporate word processing into existing office occupations education programs on both the secondary and postsecondary levels. Following an introduction (section 1) covering the need for word processing instruction, the guide contains eight additional sections. Outlining…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources, Equipment
Church, Olive D. – 1978
A study was conducted to determine the aspirations, needs, and perceptions, by occupations and sex, of office personnel, high school students, and teachers in the Rocky Mountain region. There were nine population groups within these three subsets: office employees and their managers, four student groups--those with cooperative office experience…
Descriptors: Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Educational Research, Employee Attitudes
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