Evaluation of the Job Skills Education Program: Curriculum Review

摘要

The report evaluates materials that are part of the Army's Job Skills Education Program-- a job-relevant, computer-based program designed to provide soldiers with skill prerequisite to learning job tasks. The researcher selected a representative sample of lessons for evaluating and reviewed the diagnostic pretest, soldier management system, and instructor's manual. Recommendations are as follows: re-write lessons to reduce the focus on steps or rules and emphasize underlying concepts or ideas; encourage students to practice applying skills learned in related novel contexts; provide more opportunity for students to practice higher order skills; re-write lessons to provide explanatory context for all lesson material; allow students more freedom to repeat lessons or sections of lessons; allow students to see errors on tests; and revise manuals to make them more helpful and user-friendly. Keywords: Basic skills; Military education; Job-relevant education; Computer-based instruction. (sdw)