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Hong, Eunsook; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1993
Because leisure activities may predict adult accomplishment better than factors such as intelligence and school grades, the construct validity of the Tel-Aviv Activities Inventory, a measure of leisure activities, was evaluated with 934 junior/senior high school students. Results support the instrument's usefulness for career counseling with…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Gifted, High Schools, Leisure Time
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Kelly, Kevin R. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1993
Evaluation of career self-efficacy perceptions of 286 ninth- and eleventh-grade students (about 40% in classes for gifted students) found that the overall influence of gender on career self-efficacy was small, with achievement a more powerful predictor than gender. Gender did not account for variance in interest in particular occupations. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Gifted, High Schools
Cash, R. William; Bissel, H. LeVerne – 1985
The applicability of Tinto's model of retention for first-year students attending church-related colleges and universities is examined. Data collected from entering freshmen at two Midwestern Seventh-day Adventist colleges were used to replicate studies of Tinto's model done in other settings. Based on Tinto's model, indicators of academic and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Church Related Colleges, College Freshmen