The measure was designed to be able to evaluate a student's ability to find troubles in an automobile engine, to be appropriate at a variety of geographic sites, and to meet certain validity and reliability standards. (AG)

THIS EXPERIMENTAL READER WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF A CURRICULUM PROJECT, DESCRIBED IN VT 004 454, WHICH PRODUCED AND TESTED MATERIALS WITH EIGHTH AND NINTH GRADERS IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN SEVERAL STATES. IT IS INTENDED TO HELP DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS LEARN BASIC PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS OF MECHANICS AND TO STIMULATE INTEREST IN READING. ILLUSTRATIONS…

Findings of a masters thesis study designed to answer the question Does our automotive instructional program teach what industry uses?" (GR)

A three-point program to forestall eye injury at certain auto shop machines. (Editor)

Conceptions of learning and approaches to learning within vocational education were studied with 30 Finnish students of automotive mechanics. About half the students took a quantitative view of learning and favored a surface approach. Encouraging a qualitative view of learning and deeper approaches in vocational education is discussed. (SLD)

Observed the work at 16 automobile manufacturing sites to study the level and content of mathematics required of workers. identified the mathematical demands of various aspects of production. Results raise questions about how well schools prepare students for the "global competitive workplace." (SLD)

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES, THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, AND A PERSISTENT SHORTAGE OF SKILLED MECHANICS HAS MADE IT NECESSARY FOR THE INDUSTRY TO HAVE A MORE DETAILED AND PLANNED TRAINING PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN EFFICIENCY AND QUALITY. THESE STANDARDS ARE INTENDED TO GOVERN THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING OF APPRENTICES IN THE RESPECTIVE…

The basic automobile design has persisted for fifty years with innovations only in production and marketing. Complex interrelationships among steel, oil, rubber, road building, and automobile industries perpetuate the "modern Model T's." Efforts to alter design to meet safety and environmental standards face tremendous resistance from a…

Describes Florida's new automotive mechanics curriculum, an individualized, self-paced learning sequence that combines text material, review exercises and actual work activities. Development of the materials, including incorporation of Florida's V-TECS catalog of performance objectives in auto mechanics, is described. A field-test experience of a…