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Bobek, Becky L.; Schnieders, Joyce Z. – ACT, Inc., 2022
The college major choice is a critical decision students make as they progress along their education and career pathways. In addition to defining what programs of study students will take during college, major choice affects students' success and satisfaction. However, the National Center for Education Statistics (2017) reported that within three…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), High School Students, Grade 11, Grade 12
Bobek, Becky L.; Schnieders, Joyce Z. – ACT, Inc., 2022
As students transition between high school and college or career, many have begun to consider their future career paths or want to identify career options that will best fit them. To better understand the types of career characteristics that students want to explore, this study surveys a random sample of 11th and 12th-grade students who registered…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Choice, High School Students, Grade 11
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Heady, Samuel C.; Porter, T. Roger – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1981
Describes the grades 11-12 joint vocational program at an Ohio vocational school to illustrate the components in an educational matrix designed to meet the needs of all students. Programs include career development, assessment/evaluation, basic skills lab, occupational work adjustment, occupational work experience, and placement and followup. (CT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Disadvantaged, Grade 11
King, F. J.; And Others – 1988
This study was designed to determine the accuracy with which high school students estimate their cognitive abilities as measured by the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). In addition, the study was designed to determine whether participation in vocational counseling activities through the ASVAB program or through Florida…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Neely, Margery A. – 1980
This report describes the third party evaluation of the State Fair Community College Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program's third (and final) year. Forty-one tenth and eleventh grade students participated in the program and were matched for evaluation with similar nonparticipating control groups. Evaluation instruments included Career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Omvig, Clayton P. – 1979
The evaluation of the Bowling Green, Kentucky, K-12 Career Education Incremental Improvement Project consisted of five components: professional staff survey (PSS), student career maturity, career education program assessment, record of student career development, and academic achievement. PSS findings indicated that the seventy principals,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Career Choice