Descriptor
Source
Publication Type
Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
Reports - Research | 1 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Connecticut | 1 |
Kentucky | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Career Maturity Inventory | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Righthand, Herbert – 1979
The hypothesis that actual physical involvement (hands-on experience) with the work of a craft will influence the occupational goals of students was tested. The subjects were 2,921 ninth-grade students in Connecticut who were enrolled during 1974-1975 in sixteen area vocational-technical schools which offer Trade and Industrial occupational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Decision Making, Educational Research

Ehresman, Norman D.; Vincent, Roger D. – 1976
Comprehensive work experience and vocational guidance activities were established at the middle school level and their effects on career maturity and attitudes toward school of ninth graders were tested. The project was conducted at the Bowling Green Junior High School (Kentucky) during the academic school year of 1975-76. (The school supports a…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, College School Cooperation