LOCUMENT RESUME ED 045 854 08 VT 012 411 AUTHOF Leporini, Frank F.;And Others TITLE The General Woodworking Core Curriculum. Project ABLE: Development and Evaluation of an Experimental Curriculum for the New Quincy (Mass.) Vocational-Technical School. INSTITUTICN American Institutes far Research, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Quincy Public Schools, Mass. SPONS AGENCY Cffice of Education (DBFW), Washington, L.C. Bureau of research. REPORT NO TP-16 BUREAU NO ER-5-0009 PUB DATE Jul 70 CONTRACT CEC-5-85-019 NOTE 209p. EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MY-$1.00 HC-$10.55 DESCRIPTORS Eehavioral Objectives, *Core Curriculum, *Curriculum Development, *Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs, *Industrial Education, Jcb Analysis, Learning Activities, Occupational Clusters, Occupational Information, Performance Criteria, Task Performance, *Woodworking IDENTTFIERS *Project ABLE AESTFACT This report describes the development of the Project ABLE General Woodworking Core Curriculum and is intended as an administrator's and instructor's manual for those schools field testing the instructional system. In the developmental process, analysis of a large number of occupations related to the woodworking family identified clusters cr sub-families which were then analyzed for common skills and knowledges. Job descriptions and task enumeration were followed by task descriptions and analyses, and behaviorally stated performance objectives, derived from task and analyses, were translated into criterion tests called performance evaluation sets. To meet a major project objective of individualized instructicn, learner activity guides which include student-instructor options for selecting media and methods of instruction to meet individual needs, were developed and are appended. i-Aditional documentation cf other developmental efforts are also appended. For use in field testing, this report must be supported by descriptions and documents provided in the-Project ABLE Fifteenth Technical Report, available as ED 042 920. (Author/SB) $EP24 1970 SIXTEENTH TECHNICAL REPORT PROJECT ABLE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM FOR THE NEW QUINCY (MASS.) VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL IA THE GENERAL WOODWORKING CORE CURRICULUM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Office of Education Bureau of Research July 1970 LeN CO Lt DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION 02 AN EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM O FOR THE NEW QUINCY (MASS.) VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL O Project ABLE Lt-I The General Woodworking Core Curriculum Project No. 5-0009 Contract No. 0E-5-85-019 Frank E. Leporini, Shop Supervisor Quincy Vocational-Technical School Glen E. Neifing, AIR J. William Ullery, AIR July 1970 The research reported herein was performed pursuant to a contract with the Office of Education, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Con- tractors undertaking such projects under Government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their professional judgment in the conduct of the project. Points of view or opinions stated do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Office of Education position or policy. Quincy Public Schools Quincy, Massachusetts and American Institutes for Research Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDU CATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROMTHE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECES- SARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU- CATION POSITION OR POLICY TABLE OF CONTENTS Page FOREWORD iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PROJECT ABSTRACT vi REPORT SUMMARY vii INTRODUCTION 1 RATIONALE 9 DEVELOPMENT Methodology for Selection of Training Programs 11 Management and Evaluation 18 Target Population 20 Course Organization and Strategy 22 Initial Testing ama Validation 30 RECOMMENDATIONS 35 SELECTED REFERENCES 37 LIST OF FIGURES Page 1. Goals for Vocational-Technical Education 6 2. Do You Have An Instructional System for Vocational and Technical Education? 7 3. Individualized Learner Activity Process Within An Instructional System 8 4. Frequency Chart of Job Skills 12 5. Chart ci Developmental Activity by Sub-Families 13 6. Three Year General Woodworking Program 16 7. Diagram of Sample Job Structure 17 8. Flow Chart of Instructional Systems Development Process 19 9. Self-Scoring Response Card 24 10. Occupational Readiness Record 25 11. Student Tracking System 26 12. Training Aids Coot Ailrae(1)-(?Vo-Vtiyars) 28 13. Performance Evaluation (no+ ,cilrrreci -photociirn-k) 33 ii APPENDIX A. JOB TITLE ENUMERATION B. GENERAL WOODWORKING OCCUPATIONAL ANALYSES C. PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES BY JOB FAMILY CLUSTERS D. PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES FOR BASIC WOODWORKING CORE PROGRAM E. LEARNER ACTIVITY GUIDE AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SET: SAMPLE MODULE F. TIME REQUIRED TO COMPLETE LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES G. RECOMMENDED EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, SUPPLIES, AND TRAINING AIDS iii FOREWORD This report is intended to serve a number of purposes. For example: (1) The contract with USOE requires the project to file periodic reports on research and development activities. (2) The contract obligates the project to disseminate the re- sults of its research. Thus, the job analyses, the behav- ioral objectives, and the other documents in the appendices will be rade available with the distribution of this report. (Distribution, generally speaking, will be limited to ES'70 network members and member cities of the Council of Great City Schools.) (3) An instructor's manual is needed to support dissemination of Genera:I. Woodworking curriculum materials for field test- ing in selected schools. Information on the management of instructional systems de- velopment process, job and task analysis, criterion test con- struction, and evaluation is available in the Project ABLE Fif- teenth Technical. Report. That report also includes the necessary evaluation instruments, implementation and evaluation procedures, instructor performance checklists, progress charts, management control documents, etc. Thus, the report on the General Wood- working Core Curriculum must be used in conjunction with other ABLE manuals where replication of the instructional system is to be attempted. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENT The General Woodworking Core Curriculum has had the benefit of intensive effort over a period of several years.Mr. Maurice J. Daly, Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Quincy (and one of the initiators of Project ABLE) provided both a framework for the identification of job family clusters and methods of identi- fying common tasks such as that described in this report. Mr. Robert E. Pruitt, former Superintendent of the Quincy Public Schools, worked with Mr. Daly in the establishment of Project ABLE. Mr. Pruitt is well known for his efforts in furthering innovative approaches to individualized instruction. Dr. Robert M. Gagng, formerly of AIR (and co-initiator of ABLE with Mr. Daly and Mr. Pruitt) contributed his expertise in the areas of behav- ioral science and instructional technology. Mr. Joseph S. Nicastro, Quincy Project ABLE Coordinator during the past three years, has provided extensive administrative guidance in the areas of systems development and public school operations. The present Quincy mem- bers of the Project ABLE Policy Board--Dr. Lawrence P. Creedon, Mr. William Phinney and Mr. Maurice Dalyhave devoted many hours to the early operational problems in the Woods program. Mr. Laurence H. Babin, Director of the Quincy Vocational-Tchnica. School,has also provided much support for the new curriculum and research efforts within the Quincy Vocational School. Mr. Boyd Kowal, an AIR Research Scientist and learning psychologist, as- sisted in the behavioral analysis of the Woodworking job family. Many other persons have contributed much time and effort including teache3:s and administrators from Quincy, and research support per- sonnel from AIR. ABSTRACT: Project ABLE USOE Project No. 5-0009 Contract No. OE-5-85-019 A Joint Research Project of: Public Schools of Quincy, Mass- achusetts and American Institutes for Research Title: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM FOR THE NEW QUINCY (MASS.) VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL Objectives: The principal goal of the project is to demonstrate increased effectiveness of instruction whose content is ex- plicitly derived from analysis of desired behavior after grad - uition and which, in addition, attempts to apply newly developed educational technology to the design, conduct, and evaluation of vocational education. Included in this new technology are methods of defining educational objectives, deriving topical content for courses, preparing students in prerequisite knowledges and attitudes, individualizing instruction, mea- suring student achievement, and establishing a system for eval- uating program results in terms of outcomes following gradua- tion. Procedure: The procedure begins with the collection of vocational information for representative jobs in eleven different voca- tional areas. Analysis will then he made of the performances required for job execution, resulting in descriptions of es- sential classes of performance which need to be learned. On the basis of this information, a panel of educational and vocational scholars will develop recommended objectives for a vocational curriculum which incorporates the goals of(1) vocational competence;(2) responsible citizenship; and (3) individual self-fu7fillment. A curriculum will then be de- signed in topic form to provide for comprehensiveness and also flexibility of coverage for each