The utility of multiple discriminant analysis in predicting career interests in six specialities of engineering--aeronautical, chemical, civil, electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering--was studied. Freshman engineers at Purdue University were administered the Purdue Interest Questionnaire (PIQ). Multiple discriminant analysis was…

Responsivity to babies was observed in 96 mature adults representative of three junctures of parenthood: parents of infants, parents of 8-9 year olds, and parents of adolescents. Among the measures used were reactions to an unfamiliar infant in a waiting room situation, interest in pictures of babies versus other objects, and sex-role concept and…

Presented are measures of teacher interest and attitude toward science teaching. A sheet is attached which describes how the instruments should be used and results analyzed. Part I includes a Teaching Preference Scale for predicting effective inquiry model use for self-contained classrooms in grades 1-6. Part II is a Semantic Differential…

One of a series of instructional packets to aid schools in reducing sex stereotypes, this inservice guide for use with school personnel is designed to reiterate the necessity for careful examination and evaluation of testing materials to determine the degree to which they are free of sexual discrimination, bias, and stereotyping. The applicable…

The impact of an occupational card sort, the Occu-Sort (O-S), on the thoughts and activities of rural, suburban, and urban junior/senior high school students was assessed to determine the sex bias/fairness of that card sort as a career interest inventory, as well as the reliability and validity of the occupational code structure. Participants were…

TWO INVENTORIES (THE INTEREST ASSESSMENT SCALES AND SELECTED SCALES OF THE OMNIBUS PERSONALITY INVENTORY) AND A BACKGROUND QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY WERE ADMINISTERED TO MALE AND FEMALE JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN TRADE AND VOCATIONAL COURSES. AMONG THE NONCOGNITIVE VARIABLES COMPARED WERE SOURCES…

Title I mandates parental involvement in school programs. The Dallas Independent School District is evaluating the quality of parent participation programs through a Needs Assessment/Interest Survey and a goal-related workshop observation form. The survey (attached to the document) was developed by the Parental Improvement Program Manager and…

An instrument was developed and field tested to provide vocational counselors with statewide vocational interest stratification patterns of secondary school youth. Analysis was made of a previously developed prototype that used slides showing workers in situ in order to elicit indications of student interest. Items from this were arranged to…

The purpose of this study was to develop an interest inventory covering construction industry practices. A taxonomy developed by the Industrial Arts Curriculum Project served as a basis for item selection, and covered industrial management, production, and personnel technology. A scale for each of these was included in an inventory containing 138…

The purpose of this study was to develop a projective technique which would (1) identify youths' attitudes toward certain distributive, construction, service, and agricultural occupation, and (2) identify factors associated with occupational aspirations. Interviews were conducted with 88 Caucasian and Negro Job Corps enrollees and 91 Caucasian and…

Methods are suggested to measure the program appeal and audience attention of Children's Television Workshop productions. Among these are distractor techniques, one which permits subjects to discriminate between two simultaneously broadcast programs by selecting the audio track they most prefer and one used to rank order several programs.…

Methods for reporting vocational interests which do and do not reflect sex-role stereotypes are examined. Interest inventory validation procedures based on the prediction of occupational preference and group membership are shown to favor inventories providing scores that reflect past sex-role stereotypes and current employment inequities.…