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Schriver, Martha L.; And Others – 1995
The focus of this study was a science and mathematics day camp for Girl Scouts in a rural Georgia county, the goal of which was to help girls "discover" themselves as competent participants in science and mathematics. During the camp, Brownie Junior and Cadet Girl Scouts from Bulloch County interacted with women faculty on the campus of Georgia…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Mathematics Education, Questionnaires
Petersen, Anne C.; And Others – 1979
A study was conducted to examine sex differences in educational and occupational goals among adolescents. Three questionnaires were administered to two samples of high school students. The first sample consisted of 125 students at a Midwestern rural community high school; the second sample consisted of 294 students from a large suburban high…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Females, High School Students
Monk, Phillip M.; Medina, Dennis – 1975
The study assessed the stability or change in the residential orientations of rural Mexican American youth living near the Texas-Mexico border, examined changes in the local social and economic environment, and made some predictions as to their effects on the students' dispositions. In the springs of 1967 and 1973, questionnaires were administered…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Expectation, Females
Smith, Genevieve D. – 1974
As part of the Federally sponsored School Program Advancing Career Education (SPACE) in the schools of Greeneville and Greene County, Tennessee, a student interest inventory was conducted to aid in assessing a 45 percent dropout rate in the county. A 25-statement questionnaire (concerning occupational/career interests, communication skills, and…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Education, Communication Skills
Masterson, Albert C. – 1968
A questionnaire of 50 items covering five categories of statements designed to determine their perceptions of office work was administered to 498 advantaged and 477 disadvantaged rural high school girls in six states, and to 326 city office employees throughout the United States who had attended a rural high school no more than three years prior…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Clerical Workers, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
Howell, Frank M.; Frese, Wolfgang – 1981
A summary of the 1966-1979 Southern Youth Study (SYS), a 4-wave longitudinal research project intended to produce information on career development and decision-making processes and influences of rural southern youth from economically-disadvantaged counties, presents data collection procedures, an overview of instruments and variables,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Choice, Career Development, Computer Programs