Reviews the history of Frederic Kuder's work in interest measurement and the development of two of his interest inventories currently in use--the Kuder General Interest Survey and the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey. Discusses features of inventories' most recent editions, emphasizing those that distinguish them from other popular interest…

Illustrates how career counselors can integrate results of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) to enhance client's decision-making ability. Includes detailed description of MBTI and brief explanation of SCII and discussion of how both instruments can be used jointly to promote career decision making.…

Explains how Career Exploration Inventory (CEI), measure of work and leisure interests throughout life span, can be used by employment counselors to assist clients in exploration of interaction of work and leisure interests. Describes integration of work and leisure in forming career, describes how leisure can enhance career options, discusses…

Describes procedures and applications for translating the scores from vocational interest inventories into regions on a world-of-work map. Suggests the procedure can be used in both vocational guidance and research to provide a basis for better understanding of vocational choice and development. (JAC)

Explains the conceptual background and potential use of the Self-Directed Search (SDS): Computer Version (CV), and discusses its relationship with the paper version. Operations, reports, technical aspects, and distinguishing characteristics of the SDS:CV are described. The SDS Main Menu is appended. (Author/NB)

Proposes that expectancy measures, when adapted for use in counseling research and practice, can eliminate problems associated with the traditional use of interest inventories. Assessment of additional variables ordinarily contained in measures of work-related perceptions based on expectancy theory might alleviate shortcomings traditionally…

Reviews relationships of vocational interests with vocational-relevant variables (ability, success, and satisfaction). Results indicate no correlations between interests and actual relevant abilities and performance, but that a positive relationship exists with satisfaction. Suggests cognitive functions may mediate between actual abilities,…

Presents a workshop focusing on increasing: self-knowledge of participants and their environment, and decision making skills for occupational midlife reassessment and change. Concludes that these workshops should be pursued by counselors in other settings to assist clients in transition. Personal sharing among participants led to self-insight and…

Interpreting interest inventories correctly encourages client understanding and decision-making skills. Inadequate time and information overload can be major obstacles. Weinrach's Discrepancy Identification can minimize these problems in interpreting the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey. Includes a response by Diamond on scoring. (JAC)

The results support the contention that the Occupational Alternatives Question, in spite of its simplicity, yields coherent and meaningful results relative to vocational indecision. Expressed choice, as delineated, has a useful degree of concurrent validity with other measures of vocational indecision. (Author)

Although this report is several years old, it explores test development in another country, specifically the Netherlands, using American-developed and normed-instruments. The development of vocational maturity tests and the adaptation of Crites' Vocational Developmental Inventory (VDI), Super's Career Development Inventory (CDI) and Westbrook's…

The most successful science-and-technology center exhibits owe as much to the evaluation of visitor reactions as they do to budgets and planning. Explores different types of visitor-evaluation studies and shares examples of successful exhibit designs built upon visitor evaluations, including children's physics exhibits and jellyfish as living art.…

Presents skills for teaching the elderly subculture. Three specific problem areas are explored: (1) motivational strategies; (2) suggestions for dealing with the physical problems one may encounter in the learning situation; and (3) the practical factors involved in planning for and carrying out instruction. (Author/RC)

Presents articles on test anxiety, personality tests, history of tests and benefits to be derived from their use, tests as tools in career decision-making, temperament needs for certain jobs (as determined by personality tests), interest inventories, testing exceptional students, and testing to evaluate vocational needs of special needs groups.…

Presents nine articles dealing with aspects of testing and the role of the school counselor. Topics include interpreting test scores, testing problems and solutions, developing tests to predict dropping out, sex bias in vocational testing, detecting bias in standardized tests, assessments of reentry adults, and interest tests for adults. (JAC)