Male and female junior high school students were administered the recently published Computer Aptitude, Literacy, and Interest Profile, and their composite scores were compared to cumulative mathematics subscales of the Stanford Achievement Test, Advanced Form E. Results showed that mathematics achievement was significantly associated with…

Sampled high school students (N=192) to determine whether the Self-Directed Search (SDS) and Self-Directed Search-Form Easy (SDS-E) are alternate forms for learning-disabled high school students. Found initial evidence that the SDS-E may be more appropriate than is the SDS for use with learning disabled high school students. (Author/ABB)

Tested the correspondence of interests of Spanish-speaking clients to Holland's theory using the English and Spanish versions of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory administered to 94 bilingual Hispanic high school students. Results suggested that the two forms of the inventory correlated .79, and supported Holland's (1973) structure of…

Examined the Academic Comfort (AC) Scale of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory and its relationship to academic level, performance, and aspirations. Results from occupational criteria samples and a student survey indicated the AC scale is moderately correlated with grade point average and strongly related to attained educational level. (BH)

As with a 1979 study, in a large senior high school in upper South Carolina students and teachers were asked to list--spontaneously and anonymously--20 things they loved to do. The lists showed students and teachers more similar in their interests than in 1979 and more concerned with immediate pleasures. (JHZ)

A Q-factor analytic technique applied to the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) basic interest scales of 156 males yielded three bipolar factors described as conceptual, interpersonal, and volitional. The degree of fit between interests and job categorization related significantly to ratings of job satisfaction. (Author)

The teaching of a second language requires a knowledge of student attitudes and motivation. This is a description and evaluation of French scales of student attitudes in learning English as a second language. (Text is in French.) (AM)

This book is designed to guide students through a step-by-step process of looking at interests, finding an area of research, and narrowing it down to an appropriate topic for an independent project. It is also intended to help students choose a project in which they can share their research with others. Section 1, "Charting a Course," includes a…

The findings supported hypothesis that these two ethnic groups differ from all other students in the same direction because of similar cultural values. However, Japanese-American students consistently occupied an intermediate position between the two other groups on all three measures. Some form of differential acculturation due to historical and…

The author discusses educational achievement tests and vocational interest blanks, focusing on the subject of sex bias and its elimination. (RP)

Described are the Vocational Interest and Sophistication Assessment and the Vocational Information and Training Assessment, two tools used in evaluating specific job knowledge and interest of secondary educable mentally retarded students. (KW)

To obtain information concerning the antecedents of various forms of vocational interests, scores on the 22 basic interest scales of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank were correlated with 389 life history or autobiographical data items. Presents and discusses clusters obtained for the business management, science, and adventure scales. (Author)

An instrument was devised to test three components of leisure attitudes: cognitive, affective, and behavioral. A final test was administered to 1,042 subjects. The results supported the use of the three components in testing for leisure attitudes. (FG)

Addresses problems associated with Prediger's article questioning the usefulness and fairness of the unnormed Self-Directed Search (SDS) for females. Discusses issues of sex differences and same-sex test norming. (RC)