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This article was downloaded by: [Western Kentucky University] On: 31 October 2014, At: 09:30 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK The Journal of Business Education Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/vjeb19 Research for Classroom Teachers L David Satlow a a Thomas Jefferson High School , Brooklyn , New York , USA Published online: 30 Jul 2010. To cite this article: L David Satlow (1959) Research for Classroom Teachers, The Journal of Business Education, 34:7, 303-304, DOI: 10.1080/08832323.1959.10118444 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08832323.1959.10118444 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Taylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on our platform. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied upon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shall not be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and other liabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to or arising out of the use of the Content. This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http:// www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-and-conditions

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This article was downloaded by: [Western Kentucky University]On: 31 October 2014, At: 09:30Publisher: RoutledgeInforma Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: MortimerHouse, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK

The Journal of Business EducationPublication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information:http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/vjeb19

Research for Classroom TeachersL David Satlow aa Thomas Jefferson High School , Brooklyn , New York , USAPublished online: 30 Jul 2010.

To cite this article: L David Satlow (1959) Research for Classroom Teachers, The Journal of Business Education, 34:7,303-304, DOI: 10.1080/08832323.1959.10118444

To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08832323.1959.10118444

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE

Taylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) containedin the publications on our platform. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make norepresentations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose ofthe Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors,and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be reliedupon and should be independently verified with primary sources of information. Taylor and Francis shallnot be liable for any losses, actions, claims, proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages, and otherliabilities whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with, in relation to orarising out of the use of the Content.

This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematicreproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in anyform to anyone is expressly forbidden. Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-and-conditions

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for classroom teachers research

Conducted by L David Sallow Thomas Iefforron High SchooL Brooklyn. Now York -

A STUDY OF HOW THE DICTATION MATERIAL IN THE BASIC GREGG SHORTHAND SIMPLIFI'ED TEXTBOOKS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO JOB COMPETENCY. . , Ed. D. Study New York University by ELEANOR TUBBS The Fox Lane School Bedford, New York

An analysis of the dictation material provided in the basic textbooks in Gregg Shorthand Simplified revealed that this diotation material includes a large number of terms and expressions embodying con- cepts of general business. By means of en- riched teaching procedures certain of these concepts of general business were deliber- ately. brought to the attention of a class in shorthand I1 and transcription.

At the close of the experimental period, a transcription test inclucjing the terms and expressions embodying these particular concepts was administered to the students. The results of this test were compared with the results of the same test which had pre- viously been administered to another class in shorthand I1 and transcription-a class which had not been exposed to the en- riched learning experiences.

Comparison of the transcripts on the two tests indicated that the group that had been exposed to the enriched learning experi- ences had profited as a result. The degree of accuracy in their transcripts was suf- ficiently higher than that in the transcripts of hose students who did not receive the enriched instruction to lead t o the con- clusion (ththat if b possible for a twcher to mzke use of the dictatioat material so that it cm cmfrihte to the s t h t s ' learning im general busibless aard t h c e , as a result of a better understanding of the concepts of general business, to the s t h t s ' ulti- mate job competency.

This study represents an attempt to find an answer to one of the many problems of the classroom teacher of shorthand and transcription-the problem of how to help students produce mailable transcripts.

'This study investigated current practices used by big business in company training programs for management in correspon- dence improvement. The purpose of the study was to ascertain the implications of these practices for the further development of business letter writing courses. One hun- dred thirty-four companies cooperated in the study.

Businessmen were less concerned with the grammatical deficiencies of their em- ployees than with their lack of ability to express ideas effectively in writing. Only 4 per cent of the executives indicated that the school curricula adequately met their writing needs. The majority of instructors in the training programs were company employees. Businessmen recommended that effective school training in the funda- mentals of writing begin in the early years of schooling and that extensive training be given in the upper grades. I t was also sug- gested that college instructors encourage less formality in letter writing and less emphasis on grammatical syntax.

All levels of management participated in these training programs in achieving a common understanding of the h m m rela- t i m approach to letter writing. The reason which occurred most frequently as to w,hy business has its own training programs w a s that employees reqyested such training. The data indicated that business placed a pred(orninaazt emphasis on the human rela- tions aspects of letter writing in its cor- respondence improvement training pro- grams.

The study points up the need for im- mediate curricular revision to meet the writing needs of modern business, with greater emphasis on human-relations im- plications than on. merely grammatical cor- rectness. I t also indicates a need for a greater degree of active cooperation be- tween business and education. Educators can be assured of the cooperation of busi- nessmen in promoting closer liaison be- tween education and business.

AN ANALYSIS OF SELECTED PROGRAMS CONDUCTED BY MANAGEMENT IN CORRES,PONDENCE IMPROVEMENT. . . Ed. D. Study University of Southern California by EDNA A. WEST Pepperdine College Lor Angeles, California

Business correspondence has been consid- ered one of the most effective means for building and maintaining good will, and in pursuit of good will business groups today spend millions of dollars and incalculable effort.

CONSTRUCTlOlN OlF TESTS PREDICTIVE

SHORTHAND . . . OF SUCCESS IN FIRST-YEAR

Ed. D. Thesis Boston University by EDWARD E. BYERS Chandler School for Women Boston, Massachusetts

In, attempting .to construct aptitude tests for predicting success in first-year short- hand, five functional factors that influence the learning of shorthand were identified- p h m t i c perception, r e t m t h ability, ob- servation aptitude, pattow f rom parts, and h d dexterity.

APRIL, 1959

Shorthand aptitude tests that were based on the five factors were administered to three sample populations-college, junior- college and business-school, and high-

plishmwt Test, by Tilly S. Dickinson, was administered as the criterion measure of first-year shorthand achievement. No at- tempt was made to construct measures for factors concerned with transcription or vocational success.

The multiple R between the Scores of the aptitude tests and the shorthand accom- plishment scores for 128 students in the college group was .76, wjth a standard error of k.04; that for 142 students in the junior-college and business-school group was 59, with a standard error of +.@; and the multiple R for 137 students in the high-school group was .62, with a standard error of k.05.

The scores from the aptitude tests, to- gether with measures of other factors such as motivation and intelligence, ' could be used in forecastkg group prefornwnce for each sample population. For the college group, the obtained ,multiple R indicated that the scores from the aptitude tests, together wi,th measures of other factors, could be used to estimate individual poten- tialities to succeed in first-year shorthand.

This study indicated that the proposed aptitude tests could assist teachers and guidance personnel in their efforts to (1) improve the procedure of grouping short- hand students, (2) establish achievement standards for shorthand courses, and (3) identify individual differences and needs of shorthand students within groups.

sch001. A Stmestm Shortlrrand ACCW-

AN INVESTIGATION OF EM'PLOYMENT PRACTICES IN SELECTED OKLAHOMA

PROVEiMENT O'F TERMINAL BUSINESS EDUCATlOlN IN THE JUNIOR COLLEGES

Ed. D. Study Colorado Sta te College Greeley, Colorado by BENNIE W. STEHR Territorial College of Guam Agana, Guam

CITIES WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR IM-

The persons responsible for the employ- ment and supervision of beginning office workers feel that it is impzrative that pro- spective office workers understand the im- portance of interest in work and how this interest (or disinterest) affects the opera- tion of the business office; that employees, in all probability, will be required to do more than one specific job in the small-city business office ; that deficiencies in personal traits are more frequently the cause of termination of employment than deficiencies in skills; tha,t lack of sufficient emphasis on termnal business education appears to exist in the majority of ,the Oklahoma junior colleges.

The data for this study, gathered from personal interviews with 281 small-city business owners and managers, are intended to show the relationship between the busi- ness education experiences available in the

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high schools and junior colleges of Qkla- homa and ;the resulting success of the youbh to secure and retain office employment.

Implications for improvement of junior college terminal business education pointed out by the study are: ( a ) a need for wider use of advisory committees consisting of representatives of business and of educa- tion in planning the business education program; (b) for better advisement of business students, counselors and teachers in the junior colleges should themselves keep informed of the needs and require- ments of business and industry for office employees ; and (c) the occupational sig- nificance of desirable personal traits, as well as of skill, should be stressed in the junior college business education program.

THE RESOURCE VALUE OF EMPLOYERS

SCHOOL OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING AS INFLUENCED BY THEIR AWARENESS OlF SUCH PROGRAMS AND OTHER RELATED FACTORS . . . Ph. D. Study University of Michigan by W. DONALD NELSEN Colorado State College Greeley, Colorado

IN THE DEVELO’PMENT OF POST-HIGH

The use of business executives as re- sonrce personnel is of,ten a concern of the educator. Thus this study to determine the resource valae of business executives in the development of occupational training in an under-developed area was made. I t was the assumption of the writer that the economic development of any geographical area is dependent upon the vision and capacity of its executive leadership and that educators have a responsibility to understand and to develop that leadership.

The majority of the executives, as rep- resented in this study, would be of doubt- f a 1 assistance in the development of post- high school occupational training pro- grams. There is a definite need for leader- ship in the development of programs to study manpower needs in the area and methods of securing training to meet these needs. A great need exists for improved communication between employers and agencies able to assist management with occupational training.

Business executives, such as are repre- sented by the sample, tend to make little use of school training as a means of de- veloping their businesses. Interview tech- niques, such as employed in t h i s study, can be used by educational institutions to secure valuable information for and to create in- terest in occupaiional training programs.

The study points out that educational in- stitutions concerned with vocational train- ing, particularly those on the post-high school level, can exert leadership in the study of manpower needs in their local areas. Improved communication between school and business would alert employers to benefits which they and their employees might gain from occupational training. The schools would be able to secure a more realistic picture of needed training and of the effectiveness of their training programs, Interview techniques such as those used in this study we= well received by tihe em- ployers and could be effectively used in studying other school-community problems.

new materials

1958 Handbook oin W c o m Workers may be purchased for 45 cents from Superin- tendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. This 153-page handbook provides information on women workers and their activities as citizens. I t includes chapter on State Labor Laws ; key women’s organizations ; women’s employment by industry and occupation, their income and earnings, and education and job training.

3/ You can get a free sample, as a teacher,

of PI. W. Faber’s EraserStik, the modern eraser for typewriting. Point with a mechanical or hand pencil sharpener. Sharpen to a point of your choice : Slender, medium or blunt. Write to A. W. Faber- Castell Pencil CQ., Newark 3, N. J.

v Copies of Vocational Division Bulletioz

#2M, prepared by Distributive Education for Youth Work Experience Laboratories are available at 15 cents each from U. S. Government Printing Office, Division of Public Documents, Washington 25, D. C. I t is of interest to teachers of distributive education classes, planning a work-experi- ence program.

I/ You can get the Labor Department’s

size-up of the job outlook for 1959, in a booklet, Job Gu& for Y w g Workers, from the U. S. Government Printing Office, Wasthington 5, D. C., for 40 cents. It offers advice to high-scliool graduates on where to get help in choosing an occupa- tion and how to go about getting a job. I t also lists m i e 100 types of jobs open to young people, including qualifications, prospects, and opprtunities.

I/ A 68-page booklet of 60 best business

letters may be secured from the American Automatic Typewriter Co., 2323 N. Pulaski Road, Chicago 39, Ill.

I / Bwiiress Looks at Business Education,

opinions of a group of businessmen, may be obtained from the University of North Carolina, School of Business Administra- tion, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,

I/ A 71-page booklet, Federal Stenographer

anzd Typist E x a m i a t h , What it is, Mzd How it is Given, is available for 40 cents, from Superintendent of Documents, Gov- ernment Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C.

f l A 30-page booklet, Einployment Oppor-

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v The abridged edition of the Unittd

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v A 32-page booklet, (Can I G d tha Job?,

with colored illustrations, may be obtained from the Department of Public Relations, General Motors, Detroit 2, Michigan.

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Your Family’s Health, by Stella B. Ap- plebaum, may be purchased for 25 cents from the non-profit, educational organiza- tion, Public Affairs Committee, 22 East 38th Street, New York 16. Other available pamphlets are listed on the inside back cover.

v Information about inflation, dividend in-

come, and stable companies for dividends is given in the newest edition of In.mestnmt Facts, published by the New York Stock Exchange, Dept. IF, 11 Wall Street, New York 5, N. Y.

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Royal McBee Corporation, Port Chester, N. Y., has issued a 10-page brochure (S- 500) on their new Automatic Keysort System. This newly-announced data prw- essing system, described as a new concept in practical office automation, is ex- plained in non-technical terms. The bro- chure illustrates how an original unit rec- ord can be coded for automatic processing with flexible low-cost machines. The sys- tem is adaptable to centralized or decentra- lized procedures in companies of all sizes.

v You can get one free copy of Amuican

Cafitalimn, 1958, from Council for Ad- vancement of Secondary Education, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington 6, D. C. Additional copies are available at 50 cents with a discount for orders of ten or more. This is not a simplified college text but created for the senior high schml.

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