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Peer reviewedWall, Janet E.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1996
Outlines the development of a new interest inventory based on the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional) model. Rigorous development procedures and outcomes of a large validation study attest to the inventory's validity and reliability; it was found to be psychometrically sound and systematically correlated…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Interest Inventories, Interest Research
Download full textPastrana, Ronald R. – 1975
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), developed by the Department of Defense, is a test geared toward career planning. This instrument has proved useful to other populations as well as the military. This is especially true for high school students, who during their final years of school must decide on what educational or…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Career Planning, High School Students
Peer reviewedRogers, Jeff E. – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1996
Offers a practical evaluation and a technical evaluation of a military-generated career exploration program. Concludes that the instrument is a superb example of a multiple-aptitude battery due to its psychometrics, extensive norming data, and excellent materials. Cautions against adoption of instrument for civilian use without further testing.…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Interest Inventories
Lee, Gus C.; And Others – 1982
The number of schools and students tested in the Department of Defense (DoD) High School Testing Program has declined since the program reached its peak in the school year 1974-75. Telephone interviews with school counselors indicated that the decline was due to school-related difficulties of test administration, lack of student interest, and the…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Career Guidance, Educational Trends, High School Students
Military Entrance Processing Command (DOD), North Chicago, IL. – 1988
This workbook is designed to assist young people in using their Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) scores for career exploration purposes. Designed to be interactive, the workbook motivates the students to become involved in interpreting their ASVAB scores and completing exercises and charts that help them determine their values,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems
Katz, Martin R. – 1986
Although theories of career decision making and guidance are usually offered as a basis for practice, the linkage between such theories and the practices of counselors is not always clear. Since treatment in a private dyadic context is difficult to observe and classify, public treatments such as workbooks or computerized systems are more useful…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Counselor Role, Decision Making
Department of Defense, Washington, DC. – 1984
The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, Form 14 (ASVAB-14) is a multiple aptitude test battery designed for use for civilian, as well as military, career counseling. This manual is designed for use by school guidance counselors in administration and interpretation of results of the ASVAB-14. The 1984 revision of this instrument includes…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Military Entrance Processing Command (DOD), North Chicago, IL. – 1989
This manual was developed to assist counselors in understanding and using the latest version of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), the ASVAB Form 14. These topics are discussed: (1) introduction to the ASVAB-14, including its purposes, key features, content, and use in career counseling; (2) testing procedures, including…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems
Counselor's Manual for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Form-14. Technical Supplement.
Military Entrance Processing Command (DOD), North Chicago, IL. – 1985
This technical supplement to the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Counselor's Manual presents the current research that has accumulated on the ASVAB. Information in this supplement was collected from published and unpublished sources, both civilian and military. This supplement contains both actual results of data analyses and…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems
Palmer, Pamla; And Others – 1990
A statistical comparison was made of two test batteries, the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) and the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), using a sample of 406 subjects (98 civilian high school students and 308 military recruit examinees). The sample was predominantly white and male. A first analyses described the sample and…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Guidance, Comparative Testing, Correlation
Bower, George L.; And Others – 1975
This Technical Research Report is primarily designed for reference by educational testing and measurement specialists as a supplemental guide to interpretation of Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) results in local and state career guidance and counseling programs. This study examined the validity of specific ASVAB composities from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, Career Guidance
Military Entrance Processing Command (DOD), North Chicago, IL. – 1989
This copiously illustrated guide is a single reference source for the diverse employment and training opportunities in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. It is divided into two major sections. The first section contains descriptions of 134 enlisted military occupations and provides information regarding the aptitudes needed…
Descriptors: Administration, Aptitude Tests, Auto Mechanics, Career Choice
