To identify the effects of the senior high school experience on the vocational development of youth, a 10-year longitudinal study was undertaken to trace the development of ninth graders from three Pennsylvania school districts. Included in the study are all Altoona students who finished Grade 9 in 1969, and all the Hayleton and Williamsport…

Because both wooden and plastic pegboards were being used to assess GATB aptitude manual dexterity (M), it was decided to compare the scores obtained on the two different types of boards. Results of the study indicate that those students who were tested using the wooden boards performed significantly better than did students tested on the plastic…

This report reviews and compares in a table 27 vocational interest and values instruments that are used in career assessment and counseling. Includes information about publishers, intended population, time, scoring, computerization, cost, and reviews. (JOW)

This paper describes a study which was intended to identify those characteristics of ninth grade males which differentiated among the following four tenth grade groups: successful vocational; unsuccessful vocational; successful academic; and unsuccessful academic. The criterion for the findings was composed of four mutually exclusive categories…

In order to shed additional light on the vocational development process, this study was designed to investigate the construct of work values by administering the Occupational Values Inventory (OVI) to a sample of 680 high school students. The design called for examining the relationship between selected student characteristics which appeared to be…

The Vocational Development Study (VDS) project is a 10-year longitudinal study designed to: (1) evaluate the impact of specific courses of study upon selected aspects of adolescent development, (2) investigate the usefulness of certain tests and inventories in helping ninth graders decide on a suitable senior high school course of study, and (3)…

The usefulness of Path Analysis (PA) for conducting longitudinal studies dealing with program evaluation and vocational development is discussed. A description of the mechanics of Path Analysis is provided, along with two examples of recent research in vocational education which utilized PA, and a discussion of the benefits and future applications…

Examined effectiveness of System of Interactive Guidance and Information and Discover systems on relevant career development outcomes for college students (n=47) and counselors in training (n=36). Both systems were rated highly. Outcome data suggest using these systems as complements to live career development counseling. (Author/ABL)

This paper reports on a study undertaken to discover what instruments were available for use in career assessment. The study population was all sources of information that listed or described career assessment instruments. To identify those instruments used with special populations, a survey was sent to all regional service centers in Texas for…

This article examines a description of a career guidance model whose evolution can be traced to the beginnings of the vocational guidance movement, what career guidance programs for both youth and adults might look like as they evolve to keep up with the changing workplace, and implications for industrial/vocational education and career guidance.…

The objective of the Pennsylvania longitudinal vocational development study was to produce and disseminate vocational development research to vocational directors and counselors to help them have an impact on vocational guidance and job placement activities. Ministudies were conducted using previously collected data relating in-school student and…

This study attempts to examine three basic characteristics of vocational-technical instructors (industrial experience, teaching experience, and college credits earned) in terms of their relationship to student shop achievement as measured by the Ohio Trade and Industrial Education Achievement Tests (OTAT). Rated in the study sample were 31…

Reviews the history of student selection in vocational education programs and briefly describes the new Office of Civil Rights Guidelines which specifically address the student identification and selection aspects of the vocational counselor's duties. (LRA)

The workplace is changing, and both education for employment in the workplace and a subset of the educational system that is directed towards meeting the career development needs of students and adult workers will also change. The basic four-part model of career guidance will continue to be useful. The tools and techniques that are used in each…

On the basis of an established need, the Occupational Values Inventory (OVI) was developed as one of the data collection instruments for the Vocational Development Study to measure the occupational values held by ninth graders, including: (1) Interest and Satisfaction, (2) Advancement , (3) Salary, (4) Prestige, (5) Personal Goal, (6) Preparation…