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Peer reviewedFoskett, Nicholas H.; Hemsley-Brown, Jane – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 1999
A study of British students in Years 6, 10, and 12 found that they base their understanding of careers and work on images from personal experience, adults, and the media. Career decisions are based on pragmatic, opportunistic factors, not well matched with supply and demand. A divergent, holistic approach to guidance should challenge their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, College Choice, Decision Making
Peer reviewedBell, John F.; Daniels, Sandra – Oxford Review of Education, 1990
Uses a hierarchical linear model to test the effect of birthdate on science ability in British schoolchildren, ages 11, 13, and 15. Reports that summer-born children scored lower than autumn-born children on science survey tests. Urges teachers to consider these artificial performance differences when grouping pupils according to ability for…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adolescents, Age Differences, Age Groups
