INITIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A BASIC ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY TEST (BEAT).

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Abstract:

The Basic Electronics Assembly Test BEAT was developed as an approach to the requirement for a measure of basic skills in the area of electronics technician performance. BEAT is a portable instrument with face validity as a measure of basic electronics skills since it involves a sampling of realistic assembly tasks and standard electronics components. BEAT was administered as part of a pre-training inventory to five successive trainee classes of the experimental courses for Electronics Technicians X-ET conducted by the Navy Training Research Laboratory, San Diego, 1964-1966. Correlations were computed between BEAT scores and performance achievement in the X-ET course. BEAT Time score was significantly correlated with achievement in the Fundamentals Phase of the X-ET course. There are indications that an instrument such as BEAT, by providing diagnostic evaluations of practical performance abilities, may prove a useful supplement to available verbal test information. Author

Author(s):
Steinemann, John H.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL PERSONNEL RESEARCH ACTIVITY SAN DIEGO CALIF
Descriptive Note:
Research memo.,
Pagination:
0020

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
NPRA-SRM-68-1
Project Number(s):
PF017033101
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support
Communities of Interest:
Advanced Electronics
Descriptor(s):
(*ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS, SELECTION), (*PERFORMANCE(HUMAN), ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS), NAVAL TRAINING, NAVAL PERSONNEL, TEST CONSTRUCTION(PSYCHOLOGY), ACHIEVEMENT TESTS, CORRELATION TECHNIQUES
Field(s)/Group(s):
Humanities and History
Report Date:
1967 Jul 01