This study, conducted in the Fall of 1981, furnishes statistical data on the vocational self concepts of 12,575 students in grades 7-13. The sample was drawn from all United States regions, controlled for school district size and socioeconomic status, matching the census and Department of Education and National Center for Education Statistics…

Validity of the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) was investigated using 279 grade ten and 256 grade twelve students. Factor analysis of the ten subtests of the CMI and the regression of the CMI variables on intelligence scores, sex, and grade indicated partial support of the theoretical postulations. Two principal factors emerged, but the CMI…

This summary report on the Study of Induction Programs for Beginning Teachers offers insights on the findings of the study. Two kinds of programs were studied: preservice internship programs, and induction programs. A discussion is given on what the study revealed about the experiences of beginning teachers in the transition period from students…

Super's self concept theory of vocational development has been criticized for its lack of attention to individual difference variables, particularly with regard to explaining why appropriate vocational behaviours are attained more readily by some individuals than by others. Partial explanation is provided here for the relationshp between locus of…

This document describes one school district's efforts to improve its career development programs at the postsecondary level. The district's Central Planning Team identified several specific objectives for accomplishing this, and developed a sequence of tasks for carrying out the objectives. One of the first and most critical tasks in that sequence…

Teachers' understandings and interpretations of their own development can be a positive influence on their further professional development. Research on teacher career development has revealed certain atypical stages of development experienced over a teacher's long-term career. Three developmental phases occur. The first phase lasts from about age…

Although this report is several years old, it explores test development in another country, specifically the Netherlands, using American-developed and normed-instruments. The development of vocational maturity tests and the adaptation of Crites' Vocational Developmental Inventory (VDI), Super's Career Development Inventory (CDI) and Westbrook's…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the Career Maturity Inventory with ninth grade pupils. To demonstrate the construct validity it must be shown that the Career Maturity Inventory correlates highly with other variables with which it should theoretically correlate, and that it does not correlate with variables…

An analysis is made of the personal and educational experiences of the 1972, 1974, and 1976 graduates of two high schools, based on their responses to a survey form sent during the month of April, 1977. Data from parents and employers of these students, as well as from students who had left school before graduating, are also included. The…

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…

The results of an evaluation of a college credit course, "Decision Making for Career Development," indiciated that the course activities made a positive contribution to the measured vocational development of students. Students rated group instruction and personal counselor contacts as important to their progress in the decision-making process.…

Examined the effects of a life role planning program on 152 high school students. Compared to controls, the experimental group showed greater career decisiveness, and greater independence, involvement, and compromise in career decision making. Results dealing with work and family roles were inconsistent. (JAC)

Explains the methodology used to correlate the scores of dropout-prone students on a measurement of vocational maturity with their scores and work-effectiveness rating scale. Notes that vocational maturity, decision making abilities, and career information are significantly related to work effectiveness. (SB)

Explored the ability of 269 students in grades 8, 10, and 12, to estimate their scores on psychometric instruments measuring self-awareness. No sex or age differences were found, but Black students were less accurate in their self-assessments than whites. Results suggest career counselors should consider means of increasing self-awareness. (JAC)

A multiple regression procedure was used to develop a further understanding of the relationship of self-concept, intelligence, socioeconomic status, race, and sex to career maturity as measured by the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI). Results further indicated that socioeconomic status and self-concept seem to have a differential effect upon career…