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Peer reviewedWestbrook, Bert W.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1990
Attempted to replicate study determining relationship between appropriateness of career choices and career maturity test scores in rural ninth grade students (N=112) using Goal Selection scale of Career Maturity Inventory Competence Test and American College Testing Program Career Planning Program. Found two career maturity measures correlated…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Career Choice, Correlation, Grade 9
Peer reviewedWestbrook, Bert W.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1988
Hypothesized that individuals who can make appropriate career choices for others can make appropriate career choices for themselves. Results from 365 ninth-graders who completed Goal Selection subtest of Career Maturity Inventory Competence Test and Differential Aptitude Test using the Career Planning Program showed no such relationship among…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Career Choice, Grade 9, High School Freshmen
Peer reviewedWestbrook, Bert W.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1988
Found ability of ninth graders (N=365) to accurately appraise career-relevant capabilities of others had nothing to do with ability to be good self-appraisers. Found race and sex differences in ability to appraise others. Found scholastic ability accounted for four times as much variance in ability to appraise others as oneself. Found students…
Descriptors: Evaluative Thinking, Grade 9, High School Freshmen, High Schools
