Basic Skills Proficiencies of Secondary Vocational Education Students. Vocational Education Study Publication No. 4.

Autor/in	Corman, Louise
Institution	National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Titel	Basic Skills Proficiencies of Secondary Vocational Education Students. Vocational Education Study Publication No. 4.
Quelle	(1980), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Basic Skills; Communication Skills; Employment Qualifications; Evaluation; High Schools; Literacy; Literature Reviews; Mathematics; Reading Skills; Remedial Instruction; Students; Vocabulary Skills; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Kommunikationsstil; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Evaluierung; High school; Oberschule; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Mathematik; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Förderkurs; Student; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Aktiver Wortschatz; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	This paper surveys research in the field in an attempt to determine what level of mastery of basic skills is required to do a particular job, what level vocational education students generally attain, and which instructional techniques are effective in improving vocational education students' basic skills. In the first of three sections, claims and evidence concerning the relationship of basic skills to employability and occupational competence are discussed; while in the next section, information on the level of acquisition of reading, writing, and arithmetic skills of vocational education students in secondary schools is presented. Characteristics of remedial efforts to improve vocational students' basic skills are discussed in the third section. Results of the literature search suggest the following: (1) Proficiency in certain reading and computational skills is required for performance in all types of occupations. (2) Information is not yet available on the level of basic skill acquisition of students in different vocational programs; however, it is known that vocational education students perform below average in reading comprehension, vocabulary, and mathematics. (3) Available information leaves unanswered questions about successful efforts to improve the basic skills of vocational students, though inferences can be drawn from research conducted on literacy programs for adolescents and adults. The study also makes recommendations for improving vocational students' basic skills. (KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01