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Direct linkSwanson, Jane L.; Gore, Paul A., Jr.; Leuwerke, Wade; D'Achiardi, Catalina; Edwards, Jorie Hitch; Edwards, Jared – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 2006
Rates of accurate recall of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII; L. W. Harmon, J. C. Hansen, F. H. Borgen, & A. L. Hammer, 1994) profile information varied with the amount of time elapsed since the interpretation, the type of SII scale, and whether immediate recall was elicited, but rates did not vary with the strategy used to provide the…
Descriptors: Intervals, Interest Inventories, Recall (Psychology), Item Analysis
Download full textTien, Hsiu-Lan; Hood, Albert B. – 1994
This paper describes a study designed to test the generalizability of Holland's hexagonal model of vocational interest structure in a Chinese culture. It was hypothesized that the results of multidimensional scaling would support Holland's hexagonal model of vocational interests. The instrument used was the Chinese Vocational Interest Inventory.…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Career Choice, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Research
Kim, Randi I.; Lopez, Fredrick G. – 1994
The main purpose of the present study was to investigate whether persons' Holland personality types would affect preferences in the two occupational preference dimensions of interest and prestige. This study was based on the theoretical premises that persons: (1) tend to seek occupations that fit their interest type; and (2) consider prestige to…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Exploration, Career Planning, College Students
Swayne, Philip E. – 1975
Designed to assess children's preferences for story settings, the instrument requires children to indicate their preference for a story setting in each of 36 pairs of contrasting pictures, 12 pairs in each of the following categories: (1) fantasy versus realism, (2) past versus contemporary, and (3) geographically remote versus the near-at-hand.…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Forced Choice Technique
Kurtz, Patricia; And Others – 1980
The purpose of the career activities presented in this manual is to help students decide on the training they would like to pursue as Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) participants. Although the manual is specifically designed for use in CETA programs, it can be used in any career exploration program. The activities are divided into…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Exploration, Instructional Materials, Interest Inventories
Dawis, Rene V.; Sung, Yong H. – 1984
Participation in school activities is hypothesized to be a determiner of the measured abilities and interests of high school students. The Ball Aptitude Battery (yielding 14 ability scores), Holland's (1970) self directed search interest inventory, and a biographical information blank (to obtain information about participation in 53…
Descriptors: Ability, Aptitude Tests, Correlation, Extracurricular Activities
Shell, Kevin D.; And Others – 1983
The Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII) has been the most extensively used and researched interest inventory with college graduates. The present research focused on the use of the SCII in occupational counseling of prospective engineering students or of professionals. Specific objectives were to identify an interest profile of engineers…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment Experience, Employment Level, Engineering Education
Winefordner, David W. – 1989
This booklet is designed to assist counselors and teachers in working with students and others who have completed the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). It discusses how ASVAB results of academic, verbal, and math ability may be used as aptitude factors for identifying and exploring worker trait groups, as identified in the Worker…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Wakefield, John F. – 1985
The predictive validities of (1) a test of divergent thinking, (2) an experimental measure of creative performance, and (3) an inventory of creative personality characteristics were compared by correlating scores on each measure for 19 fifth graders with scores on the ACT Interest Inventory one year later. It was expected that each of the three…
Descriptors: Business, Comparative Testing, Correlation, Creativity Tests
Ball, Patricia G.; And Others – 1981
This curriculum guide contains materials written for teachers or group leaders of graduate students in educational psychology, psychology, sociology, and child and family studies and is designed to reflect the basic assumptions of educational equity, i.e., sex-fair and sex-affirmative facilitator attitudes, and counseling and teaching techniques.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Assertiveness, Counseling Techniques, Equal Education
Tryon, Georgiana Shick – 1982
A number of studies have differentiated between counseled and non-counseled students on a variety of instruments. College freshmen (N=48) who had been counseled for personal problems were compared with 48 non-counseled students on results from the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory (SCII). Results showed that counseled students achieved…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Counseling Services, Higher Education
Benjamins, John K.; Erdman, Robert L. – 1977
The ability of personality and interest measures to predict faculty ratings of student performance better than academic measures was examined with 84 graduate and senior level undergraduate special education university students and 11 faculty members. Data from eight criteria measures, such as the Beta Biographical Inventory, California…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children
Whetstone, Robert D.; Hayles, V. Robert – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1975
This study was concerned with the relative usefulness of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) for black men and white men at the University of Colorado. The study provided evidence that the SVIB can be relevant for black students without applying different norms. (Author)
Descriptors: Black Students, Career Choice, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness
Gallaudet Coll., Washington, DC. – 1961
A PICTURE INTEREST INVENTORY FOR THE DEAF WAS CONSTRUCTED AND STANDARDIZED. THE INVENTORY CONSISTED OF 27 TRIADS OF LINE DRAWINGS REPRESENTING VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS. ITEMS WERE GROUPED INTO 10 SCALES--PERSUASIVE, CLERICAL, MECHANICAL, SCIENTIFIC, OUTDOOR, LITERARY, COMPUTATIONAL, ARTISTIC, SOCIAL SERVICE, AND DRAMATIC. SUBJECTS WERE DEAF MALES AGED…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Choice, Deafness
JOSELYN, EDWIN G. – 1967
THE INTENT OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO ASSEMBLE BASIC DATA ABOUT CURRENT TESTING PRACTICES IN MINNESOTA SCHOOL SYSTEMS. PREPARED WERE TWO QUESTIONNAIRES, ONE FOR THE ELEMENTARY AND THE OTHER FOR THE SECONDARY LEVELS. THEY WERE DESIGNED TO BE AS SIMILAR AS POSSIBLE. THE TABLES CONTAINING THE DATA FROM THE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES ARE THE HEART OF THE…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Schools, Intelligence Tests
