Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 1 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 7 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 12 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 33 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
| Secondary Education | 11 |
| High Schools | 10 |
| Higher Education | 8 |
| Postsecondary Education | 8 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 7 |
| Adult Education | 4 |
| Elementary Education | 2 |
| Two Year Colleges | 2 |
| Grade 1 | 1 |
| Grade 11 | 1 |
| Grade 2 | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
| Practitioners | 179 |
| Teachers | 173 |
| Students | 82 |
| Administrators | 7 |
| Community | 3 |
| Counselors | 1 |
| Policymakers | 1 |
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
| Missouri | 13 |
| Canada | 12 |
| Oklahoma | 12 |
| Georgia | 9 |
| Mississippi | 9 |
| Ohio | 6 |
| West Virginia | 6 |
| Illinois | 5 |
| Nevada | 5 |
| Florida | 4 |
| Kentucky | 4 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Job Training Partnership Act… | 4 |
| Carl D Perkins Vocational and… | 1 |
| Elementary and Secondary… | 1 |
| Manpower Development and… | 1 |
| No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 1 |
| Occupational Safety and… | 1 |
| Temporary Assistance for… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
| General Aptitude Test Battery | 49 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkDomermuth, David – Tech Directions, 2004
The Technology Department at Appalachian State University runs a metals lab to introduce students to basic metalworking processes. Many of the students have never worked with metal before. The class objectives call for teaching students metal properties, processing, and design problem solving. The average student is a 20-year-old junior whom…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Metal Working, Laboratories, Skilled Workers
Download full textGreater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, LA. – 1992
Developed by the ABCs of Construction National Workplace Literacy Project, these curriculum materials for the areas of electrical and instrumentation (E&I), pipefitter, and millwright contain a lesson that deals with reading charts and tables. The lesson consists of these components: objective, instruction, 10 exercises for E&I, 5 for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Texas State Technical Coll. System, Waco. – 1998
This package consists of course syllabi, an instructor's handbook, and a student laboratory manual for a 1-year vocational training program to prepare students for entry-level employment as automated equipment repair technicians. The program was developed through a modification of the DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) technique. The course syllabi…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Manufacturing
Rauh, Bob; Kaltwasser, Stan – 1990
These materials were developed for a seven-unit secondary or postsecondary education course on programmable logic controllers (PLCs) that treats most of the skills needed to work effectively with PLCs as programming skills. The seven units of the course cover the following topics: fundamentals of programmable logic controllers; contracts, timers,…
Descriptors: Automation, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Educational Objectives
Reneau, Fred; And Others – 1986
This guide contains 285 test items for use in teaching a course in computerized numerical control. All test items were reviewed, revised, and validated by incumbent workers and subject matter instructors. Items are provided for assessing student achievement in such aspects of programming and planning, setting up, and operating machines with…
Descriptors: Automation, Competency Based Education, Computer Software, Criterion Referenced Tests
Lane Community Coll., Eugene, OR. – 1982
This packet, part of the instructional materials for the Oregon apprenticeship program for millwright training, contains five modules covering turbines. The modules provide information on the following topics: types, components, and auxiliaries of steam turbines; operation and maintenance of steam turbines; and gas turbines. Each module consists…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Behavioral Objectives, Engines, Job Skills
Lane Community Coll., Eugene, OR. – 1982
This packet, part of the instructional materials for the Oregon apprenticeship program for millwright training, contains seven modules covering pumps. The modules provide information on the following topics: types and classification of pumps, applications, construction, calculating heat and flow, operation, monitoring and troubleshooting, and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Behavioral Objectives, Heating, Job Skills
Moe, Alden J.; And Others – 1980
As part of a project that identified the specific literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional information about machine tool operators. Factual data are presented in Parts I and II for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections note the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Campbell, Clifton P. – 1978
This report presents descriptive information on numerically controlled operational devises. The information is designed for the education and training community, manufacturers, supervisors, machine operators, and others who do not have an extensive technical background in numerical control. In the first of three chapters, numerical control…
Descriptors: Computers, Definitions, Descriptive Writing, Drafting
White, Jim – 1978
An instructor's manual and student activity guide on the machine shop are provided in this set of prevocational education materials which focuses on the vocational area of trade and industry. (This set of materials is one of ninety-two prevocational education sets arranged around a cluster of seven vocational offerings: agriculture, home…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Hand Tools, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1968
This regional trade union seminar was attended by representatives from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The purpose was to consider the job profiles and tasks in the machine tools and automobile industry in 1980, and to consider the vocational and general education needs of young people to help them…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Employment Projections, Foreign Countries
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1969
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1969
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1969
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. U.S. Training and Employment Service. – 1966
The United States Training and Employment Service General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), first published in 1947, has been included in a continuing program of research to validate the tests against success in many different occupations. The GATB consists of 12 tests which measure nine aptitudes: General Learning Ability; Verbal Aptitude; Numerical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Cutting Scores, Evaluation Criteria
