ERIC Number: ED301597
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988
Pages: 363
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-1-55620-50-1
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EISSN: N/A
A Counselor's Guide to Career Assessment Instruments. Second Edition.
Kapes, Jerome T., Ed.; Mastie, Majorie Moran, Ed.
A collection of 50 articles comprising guidelines for use of career assessment instruments by school counselors is provided. Topics addressed include: the nature of the guide, the counselor's role in career assessment, selection of career assessment instruments, interpretation of psychometric instruments in career counseling, and testing competencies and responsibilities for counselors. In addition, the guide provides descriptions and reviews of 43 major career assessment instruments. Types of instruments described and reviewed include multiple aptitude batteries, interest inventories, measures of work values, career development/maturity instruments, combined assessment programs, personality measures, and instruments for special populations. Sources of information about tests and testing, addresses of selected publishers, and a user's matrix are appended. (TJH)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling, Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Interest Inventories, Personality Measures, Psychometrics, School Counselors, Vocational Maturity, Work Attitudes
American Association for Counseling and Development, 5999 Stevenson Ave., Alexandria, VA 22041 ($25.00; order 72212 hardcover--ISBN-1-55620-040-4; order 72204 paper cover--ISBN-1-55620-050-1).
Publication Type: Collected Works - General; Guides - Non-Classroom; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Counselors; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: American Association for Counseling and Development, Alexandria, VA.
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