This task group report is one of a series prepared by eminent psychologists who have served as consultants in the U.S.O.E.-sponsored grant study to conduct a Critical Appraisal of the Personality-emotions-Motivation Domain. In order to achieve the goal of identifying important problems and areas for new research and methodological issues related…

The manual suggests various uses the guidance counselor can make of the Kuder interest surveys. Written by a counselor, the guide presents suggestions that reflect considerable experience with the Kuder tests. Guidelines for introducing, administering, and interpreting the instrument are included along with suggestions for ways to involve the…

Fourteen second and third grade children viewed "The Electric Company" television series pilot shows while color slides flashed on a nearby screen competed for their attention. The children's visual attention was monitored and recorded. Bits from the shows were then ranked according to percentage of attention they received, and the…

Research was undertaken to investigate improving selection criteria for several curricula at the Naval Postgraduate School using the Strong Vocational Interest Blank and a biographical questionnaire as indicators of academic success and satisfaction with curriculum and future assignments. The seven curricula investigated were merged into three…

The guide describes the Cluster Interest Inventory which is designed to familiarize students with the job contents of each of 13 career clusters developed by South Dakota's exemplary career education project. The bulk of the guide (16 pages) describes in detail the various career clusters with the following specificity: career cluster; job family;…

Information supplied by research directors of 48 large public school systems in 24 States was tabulated to indicate usage of various achievement, aptitude, and interest tests. Tabulations include instrument usage of 43 achievement tests at the elementary level (grades K-6), 43 at the middle level (grades 7-9), and 42 at the secondary level (grades…

In this paper an attempt was made to search the literature for studies which would indicate whether or not sex-role stereotyping (via language) has been examined for its impact on people who take interest measures. A careful scrutiny revealed no empirical data to evaluate the hypothesis that the linguistic structure of items does or does not…

This report provides an exploratory survey of several aspects of educational testing, with a view toward identifying discrimination against women. Two major ways in which discrimination can occur are examined in educational testing: reinforcement of sex-role stereotypes and restriction of individual choice. Major educational achievement tests are…

This 31-item test bibliography lists currently available measures of attitudes toward school and school adjustment. The construct--attitudes toward school--encompasses pupils' attitudes toward themselves as learners, learning as a process, the school environment or classroom situation, specific school subjects, and teachers. In addition, the…

This 53-item test bibliography lists currently available measures of attitudes toward school and school adjustment. The construct--attitudes toward school--encompasses pupils' attitudes toward themselves as learners, learning as a process, the school environment or classroom situation, specific school subject, and teachers. In addition, the…

This paper attempts to relate the Safran Student Interest Inventroy (SSII) to a decision-making model and show how it can be used as an important informational device in enabling students to become goal directed, assume more responsibility for being, and develop their confidence in becoming. The decision-making process involves working through the…

Several recently developed measurement instruments, the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB), the Comparative Guidance and Placement Program (CGP), the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (DD), the Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS), and the Gordon Occupational Check List, are considered in connection with guidance testing for occupational…

Brief annotations of the instruments acquired by the Test Collection of Educational Testing Service from January through March of 1971, whether published in the U. S. or abroad, are provided. A special Head Start Test Collection has also been established to provide information about instruments for those engaged in research or project direction…

This paper presents a review of selected literature concerning career development and vocational behavior during 1975. Topics covered include sex roles and career development, women's careers, recent trends in interest measurement, trends in vocational theory, life span aspects of career development, vocational interventions, and racial…

A survey of 127 high school special education teachers revealed a number of deficiencies in vocational programming for mildly handicapped students, with deficiencies more widespread for rural than for nonrural schools. Fewer rural schools administered interest inventories, used inventory results for placement, or placed mildly handicapped students…