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PDF pending restorationHaenn, Joseph F.; And Others – 1976
The subject mortality problems of an experimental design which covers the period of student recruitment through posttesting over a 13-month period, is detailed in this study. Out of an effective applicant pool of 72 students randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, only 38 students remained at the end of the study with complete test…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Career Education, Control Groups, Dropouts
Download full textWALTHER, REGIS H.; MAGNUSSON, MARGARET L. – 1967
THE PRIMARY CRITERIA FOR JUDGING NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (NYC) PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLINOIS, AND ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, WERE COMMUNITY AND WORK ADJUSTMENTS. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP COMPOSED OF 392 ENROLLEES WHOSE NYC EXPERIENCE WAS A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AND A CONTROL GROUP COMPOSED OF…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Disadvantaged Youth
Thiessen, Victor; Looker, E. Dianne – 1999
Economic, technological, and social changes occurring around the world have produced incredible challenges for youth, symbolized by persistently high youth unemployment rates despite increasing educational attainments and a shrinking youth population. Chapter 1 of this book provides an overview of the initiatives undertaken by Canada and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Guidance, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning
PDF pending restorationHarvey, Edward B.; Masemann, Vandra L. – 1975
Assessment of the Career Development Credit Course (CDCC), a career planning course, instituted in twenty-one Ontario secondary schools to prepare students for further education or for the labor market is reported in this document. Data reported are based on questionnaires completed by 1,789 sample and control students who have taken the course…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Heller, Barbara R.; Gross, Linda – 1978
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the kinds of things males and females do on their first co-operative job, how they perceive their working conditions and responsibilities, and how their performance is viewed by their employers. There were 272 college students in the sample. Sexes were fairly evenly represented, but the male-female…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Employed Women
JONES, PHILIP ROBERT – 1966
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VOCATIONAL OUTLOOK OF HIGH SCHOOL EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED (EMH) STUDENTS AND THE TYPE OF HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM IN WHICH THEY WERE ENROLLED. POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN EMH STUDENTS' VOCATIONAL OUTLOOK AND AGE, SEX, RACE, INTELLECTUAL LEVEL, READING ACHIEVEMENT LEVEL,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Aspiration, Attitude Measures
Harvey, E. B.; Masemann, Vandra L. – 1975
The follow-up study of 2,101 students from occupational programs in Ontario secondary schools reported in this document is retrospective and longitudinal in nature. The study was intended to ascertain the effectiveness of the occupational program in enabling graduates to secure employment and to hold a job, and to assess the relation to and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Experience
