Examined career aspirations of gifted high school juniors (n=194). Administered Occupations List to obtain information about career alternatives considered at various ages. Career alternatives considered in early life period were compared with those considered later in terms of prestige and gender traditionality. Results suggest that gifted…

Shifts in the number of women in the workplace and a greater diversity and prestige level in their work may have an impact on the educational and occupational level to which students aspire. To examine the consequences of this shift, a comparison of the educational and occupational aspirations of high school students with the educational and…

This study examined academic success, intrinsic motivation, and student perceptions as indicators of engagement in a multi-ethnic sample of secondary school students. A particular interest was in examining differences in student perceptions across middle and high school, and another focus was examining students' perceptions of the school's concern…