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Download full textWright, David E., Jr. – 1968
Research was conducted to determine the occupational orientations and aspirations of a sample of Mexican American high school sophomore students from schools in 2 selected Southwest Texas counties and 2 selected South Texas counties. Data were gathered in May, 1967, by means of group interviews in selected schools. Interviews were conducted by…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, College Preparation, Educational Research, Grade 10
Wright, David E., Jr.; Kuvlesky, William P. – 1968
Information obtained from Mexican American students in a 1967 study of high school sophomores in 4 Texas counties was analyzed empirically relating to occupational goals and expectations. It was concluded that: (1) large proportions of the Mexican American youth studied desired high-level occupations; (2) little difference existed between the…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Career Choice, Goal Orientation, Grade 10
Kuvlesky, William P.; Dameron, Jane – 1970
The hypotheses to be tested by this study were (1) that Negro youth are more positively oriented toward participation in military service than white youth and (2) that lower class youth with high aspirations are more positively oriented toward military service than other youth. Respondents were male high school sophomores from 3 schools located in…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Aspiration, Attitudes, Blacks
Juarez, Rumaldo Z. – 1968
Research was conducted to determine the educational status orientations of a sample of Mexican American boys and girls living in low-income rural areas of Texas, and to compare the results by sex with educational status orientations of a similar sample of Anglo American boys and girls. Informational responses from a sample of 290 male and 306…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement Need, Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis
Kuvlesky, William P.; Dietrich, Katheryn Thomas – 1972
Identical instruments and procedures were used to collect data on military orientations from 98 Black boys who attended predominantly Black high schools in nonmetropolitan East Texas and 111 Blacks attending an all-Black high school in Houston, Texas, during the spring, 1966. The hypotheses tested were (1) that nonmetropolitan Black boys have more…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Aspiration, Attitudes, Blacks
Juarez, Rumaldo Z.; Kuvlesky, William P. – 1968
A study of the educational status orientations of tenth grade Mexican-American and Anglo boys in economically depressed areas of Texas found that the 2 groups had similarly high educational goals. Detailed analysis of data revealed that Anglo boys had a tendency to express more frequently high educational goals as compared to their…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Aspiration, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Analysis
