Compared the Career Key (CK) with the Self-Directed Search (SDS) career interest inventories using 68 college students as subjects. Found students rated the CK more positively than the SDS because they felt it organized their thoughts about interests and careers, clarified their interests, and taught how to research careers further. (ABL)

Data from over 50,000 people in 50 occupational groups were used to revise the Strong Interest Inventory. New General Reference Samples containing over 18,000 people were used to construct scales, and nearly every scale was revised. (SK)

Examined interpretations of 100 career counselee's responses to Self-Directed Search (SDS). Found that agreement between scales identified as relevant was as high as agreement among counselors, insignificant correlations between counselors' judgments of counselee's degree of interest crystallization and Holland's (1985) measure of consistency, and…

Results of a vocational interest inventory completed by 203 Nigerian prisoners were as follows: preferred trades were vehicle driving, appliance repair, furniture making, and motor mechanics; least preferred were masonry, sheet metal work, and barbering. Aligning of prison trades with prisoners' vocational interests was recommended. (SK)

Describes the development of the Personal Globe Inventory, based on a spherical model of interests, which contains 18 scales representing people/things, data/ideas, and prestige dimensions of occupations. Discusses tests of reliability and construct validity and provides five sample interpretations of its use. (Contains 69 references.) (SK)

The importance of consultation content and rehabilitation counselor educators' proficiency in teaching consultation content were explored. In addition, this study addressed whether educators' perceptions of importance differed according to demographic characteristics. Faculty members from National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE)…

This study was prompted by one institution's decision to make flexible delivery and internationalization a strategic priority. Through an existing relationship with an education institute in China, it has been possible to gauge their students' online learning experiences, preferences and intentions to study mixed mode delivery programmes overseas.…

Society is increasingly dominated by rapidly evolving systems of technology. The goal of technology education, as an academic component of public education, is to ensure that students become "technologically literate" members of society who are able to understand, access, use, manage, and control these technological systems.…

In 2005, the Laboratory of Sociological Research of the municipal office of the social service Shans Center for Social and Psychological Assistance for Young People carried out a sociological survey titled "Current Problems of Today's Young Person," for the purpose of studying the most urgent problems affecting the social development of…

A career interest inventory, the Chinese Career Key (CCK) adapted from the Career Key based on Holland's theory of vocational choice, was studied. The purpose of the study was to further examine the psychometric qualities and user satisfaction of the CCK by comparing it to the Self-Directed Search. Students at a girls' public high school (N = 130)…

The growing number of career choice process instruments may have outstripped counselors' understanding of these increasingly sophisticated and complex measures. The differences among measures bearing similar titles is often confusing and has led some counselors to misapply or misinterpret them. The most important developments/advances in the…

Problems posed by the measurement of vocational maturity are discussed. A combined rational-empirical methodology is proposed as a possible solution and a model of vocational maturity is formulated. (Author)

DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS OF IMPLEMENTING A VOCATIONAL ROLE IN LATE ADOLESCENCE WERE UNRELATED TO A DEVELOPMENTAL SCALE (DS) FOR COLLEGE FRESHMENT (N=107 MALES). THE DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS CORRELATED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH SOME JACKSON PERSONALITY RESEARCH FORM NEEDS (PRF)--(1) INTEREST PATTERNING CORRELATED WITH UNDERSTANDING (.31) AND AFFILIATION (-.22),…

The separation between the classroom and extracurricular activities of students has long been recognized by educational reformers. Much fundamental learning occurs outside the classroom. As part of an overall longitudinal research project to determine the sources of impact on the lives of students as they develop or fail to develop in line with…

Statistical analyses of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) were made to determine its validity as a predictor of success for engineering students. In addition, the study attempted to statistically differentiate students completing engineering programs at Purdue from those who transferred to other fields and/or did not continue in other…