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Download full textAthanasou, James A. – 1986
The Vocational Interest Survey (VIS) is a set of six questionnaires for measuring vocational interests. It is designed to be used in career counseling with persons 15 years and over, who want to explore and understand their vocational interests. Completion of this inventory requires: (1) active participation of respondents, (2) a setting where…
Descriptors: Careers, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Interest Inventories
Corwin, Luene; And Others – 1986
This monograph addresses assessment of students entering two-year colleges. In her introduction to the monograph, Luene Corwin provides an overview of various assessment models in existence. Assessment systems currently in use are discussed in the following papers: "Assessment at Guilford Technical Community College," by Paula Garber;…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Stamm, Martin L., Ed. – 1981
These career assessment guidelines provide an assessment packet that can be used by special education teachers or guidance counselors to assess the vocational and career interests of middle and high school special education students. The materials are designed to assist with test interpretation, to help high school students make realistic…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Employment Opportunities, Interest Inventories, School Counseling
Fairleigh, Roberta; And Others – Elementary English, 1974
A picture inventory is a useful means of determining reading interests of children in the intermediate grades. (JH)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Interest Inventories, Interest Research
Lunneborg, Clifford E.; Lunneborg, Patricia W. – 1977
Discriminant function analyses involving two vocational interest inventories (ACT Interest Inventory and Lunneborg's Vocational Interest Inventory) to differentiate majors of college graduates supported the definition of three dimensions: Business Contact vs. Science, Business Detail vs. Arts, and Service vs. Technical. This common structure…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Graduates, Discriminant Analysis, Factor Analysis
Holland, John L. – 1979
The impact of psychological testing on the public is explored. Topics discussed include a review of the controversy over interest inventories, what has been learned from the research and from the political activity that was enacted relative to employment/admission testing, and some ideas for increasing the ability to cope more readily with current…
Descriptors: Bias, Interest Inventories, Occupational Tests, Psychological Testing
Warren, Sue Allen; Gardner, David C. – 1977
The Vocational Instruction, Training and Assessment (VITA) Project conducted a study to determine whether a battery of tests used with a sample of handicapped students enrolled in vocational education program(s) could aid in predicting success in vocational training. Procedures, instruments, and student samples were selected to provide data on (1)…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Experience, Guidelines, Handicapped Students
Hanson, Gary R. – 1974
This report describes the rationale, development, technical characteristics, and use of the ACT Interest Inventory, which provides both descriptive information about an individual's interests and information to facilitate focused exploration of educational and career alternatives. The report begins with consideration of the question, "What…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, College Students, Decision Making
Shively, Joe E.; And Others – 1975
To determine preschool children's responses to various television program formats, and to discover which would be most effective in holding attention, observers recorded children's reactions to 115 lesson segments viewed in their homes. All behavior responses to elicited and unelicited stimuli were recorded, using a printed form and coding system.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attention, Childhood Interests, Curiosity
Clemens, Bryan; Linden, James – 1970
The utility of multiple discriminant function analysis (MDFA) to differentiate among the interest patterns of engineers was examined. Subjects were 229 engineers who were administered the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) in 1935 as college freshmen (1935 FR) and again in 1966, and 210 freshmen who completed the SVIB in 1966 and had…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Guidance, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Grahlfs, F. Lincoln – 1969
"How interesting did you find the material in the unit which you just completed?" This and other questions were asked in a student questionnaire during the field testing and evaluation of twelve short units, "Episodes in Social Inquiry Series", developed by the Sociological Resources for the Social Studies Project. By assigning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Johnson, Richard W. – 1969
For a heterogeneous sample, the correlation coefficients between the Basic Interest Scales and the Occupational Scales and between the Basic Interest Scales and the Nonoccupational Scales of the Strong Vocational Interest Bland for Women (SVIB-W) are presented. Although the pattern of intercorrelations may be somewhat different for other samples,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Correlation, Counseling
Salter, Sterling – 1969
The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of the academic achievement scale (AACH) which is an index of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB). Subjects were 149 male and female students who requested help in decision making. All subjects had taken the American College Testing program examination (ACT) and the SVIB. Grade point…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Students, Grades (Scholastic)
Zytowski, Donald G. – 1974
One hundred and two persons were located 25 years after they had taken a Kuder Preference Record (KPR)-B at an average age of 14 years. Fifty-three percent were engaged in occupations consistent with their highest interest scores, although 32 percent were in occupations consistent with their lowest scores. Those in consistent occupations reported…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Educational Research
Johnson, Richard W.; Schwertfeger, Margaret – 1971
The correlation coefficients between the new basic interest scales and the traditional empirical (occupational and nonoccupational) scales on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Men were determined for a diverse sample of 155 males. In most cases, the relationships were logical and easy to understand. In some cases, however, the relationships…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
