Development and Validation of an Occupational Skills Assessment Instrument
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1980-01-01Author
Mathews, R. Mark
Whang, Paula L.
Fawcett, Stephen B.
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Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities
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Book
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Research Report / Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities;4
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The development and validation of an occupational skills assessment instrument is described. The instrument was designed to describe accurately a participant's actual level of occupational skills
in a variety of job-related situations. The results showed that: (a) the situations involved in the assessment were considered by participants and employment experts to be important and representative, (b) the satisfaction ratings of employment experts were correlated with the observed performance of participants, and (c) participant performance as observed with the behavioral assessment instrument was correlated with observations using another method of measuring job-related behavior. These findings suggest that the occupational skills assessment instrument is a reliable and valid method of determining a person's skill in job-related situations.
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This research was published by the KU Center for Research on Learning, formerly known as the University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities.
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Mathews, R. M., Whang, P. L. & Fawcett, S. B. (1980) Development and Validation of an Occupational Skills Assessment Instrument [Research Report 4]. Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, Lawrence, KS.
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