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Direct linkKvalsund, Rune; Bele, Irene Velsvik – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2010
This article is based on data from two national research projects in Norway dealing with upper secondary educational reforms that began in 1994. Together, the research projects represent a longitudinal study of prospective life course data from 1995 to 2003, covering approximately 500 students from the time they were receiving special education in…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Research Projects, Foreign Countries, Social Networks
Peer reviewedBrannigan, Gary G.; Benowity, Martin L. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
This study explores the relationship between performance on the Bender-Gestalt test and antisocial acting out tendencies in adolescents. Results indicate that uneven figure size and exaggerated curvature are the best indicators of antisocial acting out tendencies. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables
Scott, Owen; Castles, Janice – Measurement and Evaluation In Guidance, 1975
The purpose of the research was to ascertain the effectiveness of academic aptitude measures, measures of school motivation, and life history factors as predictors of the accomplishments of high school seniors, attained outside their formal programs of study, measured by responses to the Talented Accomplishments Questionnaire. (Author)
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, High School Seniors, High School Students, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedHolland, John L.; Gottfredson, Gary D. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
The psychological meaning and predictive value of a person's vocational aspirations were examined by applying Holland's typology to the vocational aspirations of high school juniors (N=140), and a second sample of college students studied over a one-year interval (N-624). (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, Occupational Aspiration, Postsecondary Education
Download full textLos Angeles Unified School District, CA. – 1974
This study was designed to ascertain characteristics of three groups of secondary school students: absentees, check-outs, and nonenrollees. An effort was made to determine the magnitude of the problem, the whereabouts of the nonattenders, and the reasons for their nonattendance. Two sources of data were utilized: (1) personal interviews with…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Dropout Characteristics, Individual Differences, Out of School Youth
Casey, Timothy J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1975
The SVIB was administered to the entire freshperson class at a midwestern college for women. Results showed leaders responded "like" to about 90 percent of the scale items, whereas nonleaders responded "like" to only about 10 percent. The scale is designed to assist counselors in aiding women to plan their extracurricular…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Extracurricular Activities, Females, Higher Education
Sherman, Lawrence; Hofmann, Richard J. – 1978
The relationship between locus of control (LC), grade point average (GPA), standardized achievement test scores (SAT), sex, and socioeconomic status (SES) was investigated among a sample of 174 eighth graders who responded to the Nowicki-Strickland locus on control instrument. Certain partial correlations between momentary achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Critical Path Method, Grade Point Average, Locus of Control
