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Steward, Robbie J.; Hill, Martin F.; Neil, Douglas M.; Pritchett, Tiffany; Wabaunsee, Ah-Sha-Ni – Educational Considerations, 2008
The purpose of this researcher-school collaborative study was to examine factors which might be intervenable by urban high school counselors in assisting at-risk students. There were two primary objectives. The first was to examine the degree to which urban adolescents' academic competence predicts cumulative grade point average (GPA). The second…
Descriptors: Human Capital, High Schools, Student Behavior, Grade Point Average
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Maree, Jacobus G.; Molepo, Jacob M. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2004
With little or no effort to test underlying assumptions in the South African context, South African career counsellors have traditionally depended on "proven" assessment methods. Career counselling needs to move away from the almost sole use of psychometric tests to an approach that recognises an individual's social and historical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Career Counseling, Context Effect