A 6-year project is being conducted by the Department of Industrial Education of the University of Minnesota to identify criteria which are useful in counseling post-high school vocational technical students. Data are gathered through comprehensive measurement of basic competencies and selected characteristics and are analyzed to determine which…

Each major cluster formed by the worker trait groups in the Third Edition (1965) of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), was used to define an interest scale for the Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS). The OVIS scales regrouped the nine levels described by the DOT for the data, people, and things dimensions of work into three…

This study attempted to estimate by objective means the level of sophistication of high school students' interest in fiction and to determine the degree to which sophistication was related to selected personality factors and to sex, age, intelligence, and reading achievement. A scale was developed to measure sophistication of reading interests; a…

The basic question under study was whether, or to what extent, the regular use of a library induces a modification in the user's structure of tastes and activities. In the spring of 1972, detailed interviews were conducted with 400 library users and 200 matched nonusers in two middle sized Hungarian towns. Interviewees were asked to evaluate, on a…

Reported is a study to develop and test an instrument designed to measure the scientific curiosity and science interests of elementary school students. The inventory was administered to 545 students, grades six through nine, in Columbus, Ohio and 1,050 students, grades six and eight, in Portland, Oregon. Total test-retest reliability of the major…

These programs represent a culmination of efforts made in the last two years by the staff of the Counseling and Psychological Services in attempting to develop a series of career counseling "packages" designed to meet student needs. The programs were based on a theoretical rationale suggesting six classes of factors that influence the career…

This questionnaire is part of an intellectual growth and vocational development study. Items attempt to survey post secondary school experiences and attitudes regarding employment, the military, and academic fields. See also TM 000 861-863, and TM 000 915-916. (CK)

As part of a preliminary validation and to determine whether the Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS) could discriminate among the interests of high school students in six vocational areas (agriculture, distributive education, home economics, health, office, and trade and industrial), the OVIS was administered to 2,387 seniors in 24 schools…

In Milwaukee, 122 handicapped clients from social service agencies participated in a research and demonstration project in avocational counseling over an 8-month period, with followup interviews conducted 1-6 months later with 72 of the Ss. Six avocational interest inventories were reviewed and compared, and five new avocational choice instruments…

Examines the hypothesis that academic school matters were the central concern of girls at school and shaped their feelings about school in general. Results show that the student-centered culture of the classroom was the central concern of girls in school and shaped their orientations toward other school matters. (Author/RK)

To develop a natural resource career information program that (1) explains occupational opportunities (2) helps individuals clarify how each occupation matches his needs, and (3) informs students of the realities associated with each occupation, a study was conducted to isolate some dimensions associated with a group of high school students…

Some factors related to the reentry of adult females to post secondary education, as reported in recent literature, are reviewed. Barriers and opportunities in continuing education, current theories and research on career choice for women, and sex bias in counseling and interest inventories are discussed. (GDC)

Graduating high school seniors (N=860) responded to 120 items of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank designed. It was hypothesized that preferences for occupations indicate personality and motivational differences among respondents. Canonical analysis revealed that interest measures and job-related motivational measures were significantly related…

Sex-role stereotyping in the linguistic structure of Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS) was examined. A revised SDS was constructed involving the removal of all masculine-toned terminology. The subjects did perceive the two inventories differently, with subjects completing the standard SDS viewing it as slightly less equitable. (Author)

Interest in babies was assessed for 32 children aged 8 to 9 years and 32 children aged 14 to 15 years. Data were collected by means of a 6-second time sampling of waiting room behaviors in the presence of a live baby and by reactions to pictures of babies versus other objects. (Author/JMB)