Larry Mikulecky|Jeanne Ehlinger
The Influence of Metacognitive Aspects of Literacy on Job Performance of Electronics Technicians
Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University Bloomington
major problem facing educators growth higher level literacy demands required compete workplace presents problem educators wishing provide literacy training best suited literacy demands workplace several research studies documented nature workplace literacy demands attempted assess relationship literacy abilities onthejob performance study involved observing interviewing testing rating job performance electronics technicians three different employment levels ie training experienced supervisory levels data analyzed differences level experience groups relationships rated job performance literacyrelated factors subjects 29 electronics technicians volunteered technical school naval base major fortune 500 electronics plant small local electronics plant jobrelated reading time averaged nearly two hours daily 1043 minutes jobrelated writing added another half hour 326 minutes 15 minutes total reading time minute writing time uninterrupted nearly jobrelated literacy problem solving nature reading ability measured jobrelated cloze tests significantly correlate job performance could discriminate electronics supervisors experienced workers trainees metacognitive aspects literacy consistently significantly correlate job performance