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Direct linkHirschi, Andreas; Niles, Spencer G.; Akos, Patrick – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
This longitudinal panel study investigated predictors and outcomes of active engagement in career preparation among 349 Swiss adolescents from the beginning to the end of eighth grade. Latent variable structural equation modeling was applied. The results showed that engagement in terms of self- and environmental-exploration and active career…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Career Planning, Structural Equation Models, Personality
Akos, Patrick; Ellis, Cyrus Marcellus – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2008
In middle school, counselors should promote optimal development as students navigate the formative stage of puberty. A search for identity is an important developmental task in early adolescence, but school counselors often neglect racial identity development. Through an actual case of an 8th-grade student, both individual and systemic strategies…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Early Adolescents, Developmental Tasks, School Counselors
Akos, Patrick; Lambie, Glenn W.; Milsom, Amy; Gilbert, Kelly – Professional School Counseling, 2007
Early adolescents make early career decisions in the form of curriculum choices for high school, and these choices can influence future postsecondary education and career paths. This exploratory study examined relationships between school and demographic variables and 522 eighth graders' choices of high school academic tracks. Analysis of variance…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Adolescents, Statistical Analysis, Grade 8
Akos, Patrick; Konold, Tim; Niles, Spencer G. – Career Development Quarterly, 2004
This study explored a career readiness typology of 629 8th-grade students using the Career Factors Inventory. Data revealed developmentally appropriate elevated needs for information, specifically self-knowledge. In addition, cluster analysis demonstrated the heterogeneity of career development needs of 8th-grade students. Typal membership…
Descriptors: Readiness, Classification, Grade 8, Measures (Individuals)
Download full textAkos, Patrick – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2004
In response to the 2000 Virginia state writing prompt, eighth grade students wrote a letter of advice to a sixth grader coming to middle school for the first time. A purposeful sample of more than 10,000 writing responses was collected. Content analysis of a random sample of 350 responses revealed themes of advice for students negotiating the…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Student Attitudes, Content Analysis, Grade 8
