Within aptitude areas (Mechanical, Administrative, General, or Electronic) in the Air Force, some technical schools require higher levels of aptitude for admission than do others (for example, there are G10 schools, G60 schools, and G80 schools based on General test scores in th 10th, 60th, and 80th percentiles respectively). The schools, however,…

The purpose of this document is to help vocational evaluators understand (1) how the concepts of learning and performance relate to vocational evaluation; (2) why learning assessment is important; and (3) how it may be incorporated into work sample testing. The text is divided into three parts. Part 1 defines the learning assessment process. Part…

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS IN "VOCATIONAL TALENT EXERCISES, PART C" (VT 004 460) ARE GIVEN. RELATED DOCUMENTS ARE VT 004 454 THROUGH VT 004 471. (EM)

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS IN "VOCATIONAL TALENT EXERCISES, PART D" (VT 004 462) ARE GIVEN. OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS ARE VT 004 454 THROUGH VT 004 471. (EM)

THIS BOOKLET WAS DEVELOPED IN A CURRICULUM PROJECT, DESCRIBED IN VT 004 454, TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE LEARN BASIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF MECHANICS AND TECHNOLOGY AND THUS RAISE THEIR TRAINABILITY LEVEL. IT IS FOR USE BY THE TEACHER WITH FOUR WORKBOOKS, "VOCATIONAL TALENT EXERCISES," PART A (VT 004 458), PART B (VT 004 459), PART C (VT…

This report is concerned with the role of the secondary schools in implementing vocational direction. It contains a two-year follow up which sought self reports of on-the-job satisfaction and evaluations by immediate job supervisors. Thirty pilot programs in high school vocational education were started in 1964-65; 444 graduates of these programs…

The high schools of our country have to answer for the educational and career planning of boys and girls. An annual aptitude inventory--preferably of the eighth- or ninth-grade population--can yield information which will aid the schools (a) in curricular planning, (b) in identification of which and how many pupils possess various patterns of…

Form 5 of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) was administered to over 35,000 male and female students in grade nine through twelve. The sample was selected to be representative of the students in the national high school population. Normative percentile tables were developed for each subtest and composite for each grade and…

ASVAB, a vocational aptitude battery designed by the Department of Defense and being offered to high schools at no cost, is examined. The instrument is found to fall short of the claims made for it, but the test may be useful for certain purposes. (Author)

Results of a study of how minority students respond to an interest inventory indicated that they generally achieved lower means on all Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) scales than did the college freshmen population. (Author/AM)

A longitudinal study beginning in junior high school demonstrates the significance of occupational need-values in educational and vocational aspirations and in classroom behavior. (Author)

The relationship of self concept of ability to performance is discussed, and the need for a measurement device for the self concept of work ability of educable mentally retarded adolescents is identified. (Author)

Reports results of a 1979 national survey of test usage in grades 7-12. Results indicated schools continued to give tests and desired to do more testing, at least for career guidance, if funds were available. Found the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery was the most popular career guidance test. (Author/JAC)

Follow-up of 115 young adults 8 years after high school aptitude and interest testing showed that aptitude-job correspondence predicted satisfactory performance. Interest-job correspondence and satisfactoriness predicted different measures of satisfaction, only when current interests were used. (SK)