Literacy Task Analysis: Defining and Measuring Occupational Literacy Demands.

Autor/in	Mikulecky, Larry
Titel	Literacy Task Analysis: Defining and Measuring Occupational Literacy Demands.
Quelle	(1985), (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; Adult Education; Adult Literacy; Employment Practices; Employment Qualifications; Job Performance; Job Skills; Literacy Education; Occupational Information; Screening Tests; Simulation; Task Analysis; Workplace Literacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Berufspraxis; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsinformation; Screening-Verfahren; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Aufgabenanalyse
Abstract	The literacy demands encountered in schools are considerably different from those encountered in the workplace. Existing measures used to analyze literacy demands and abilities in the workplace are not suitable for analyzing the same demands and abilities in schools. Methods that are effective for general job analysis can be specifically applied to the literacy aspects of jobs. Two screening methods used by employers to assess job literacy abilities are the cloze procedure and the more effective, though more time consuming, job problem solving simulations. Business and military trainers are faced with the problem of trying to improve worker performance through literacy and basic skills training. Evidence suggests that job performance may be more closely related to metacognitive aspects of literacy than to the basic literacy abilities of achieving simple comprehension or communicating simple messages. Trainers wishing to improve the literacy job performance of workers can use literacy task analysis to help determine the metacognitive skills employed by superior workers. Interviews focusing on how superior workers make literacy-related decisions is an effective method of determining important skills needed by new and less competent employees. These skills can then be taught to less competent workers. (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01