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Download full textBakar, Ab. Rahim; McCracken, J. David – 1994
A study examined relationships between career maturity and participation in the Future Farmers of America (FFA) and between career maturity and participation in supervised agricultural experience (SAE). The primary hypothesis was that career maturity is positively related to participation in FFA and SAE. A cluster random sample was used with the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Development, Career Exploration, Educational Research
Ohler, Denise L.; Levinson, Edward M. – 1994
Since career development extends through the life span, career assessment may be helpful to individuals of all ages. This paper explains the theoretical bases for career maturity and provides definitions and correlates of the construct of career maturity. School psychologists, who typically work with students-at-risk academically and socially,…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development
Planning Research Corp., Washington, DC. – 1967
THIS SUMMARY OF SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS IS FROM A MAJOR REPORT TITLED "A STUDY OF THE FULL-YEAR 1966 HEAD START PROGRAMS." THE STUDY WAS DONE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN ON FIVE TESTS AND RATING SCALES IS RELATED TO THE LENGTH OF THE 1966 FULL-YEAR PROGRAM WHICH THEY ATTENDED. FULL-YEAR PROGRAMS WERE CLASSED AS SHORT…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged Youth
Hamilton, Stephen F.; Stewart, Steven K. – 1978
The impact of participation in Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) on the personal and social development of youth is measured with the Psychosocial Maturity Inventory. In addition, informal observations are recorded by staff members and participants. Personal background information and pretest scores indicate that participants differ substantially.…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Family Influence, Fear of Success, Job Satisfaction
School Research (Swedish National Board of Education Newsletter), 1970
This document reports on a current project of the Institute of Education at the Uppsala School of Education, designed to evaluate the effects of extending English instruction in Swedish schools into the initial school years. Swedish schools presently offer an average of 3.5 hours per week of English in school years 4 to 9, a total average of 21…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Meyer, William J. – 1972
A scale to identify important behaviors in preschool children was developed, and ratings were related to more traditional indices of development and academic readiness. Teacher interviews were used to identify 62 specific behaviors related to maximally adapted and maximally maladapted kindergarten children. These were incorporated into a…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Behavior Rating Scales, Intelligence Tests, Kindergarten Children
Mowsesian, Richard; Holley, Steven I. – 1977
Crites' Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) was administered to rural eighth grade Anglo and Mexican-American students. Test-retest reliability, internal consistency, and validity are reported by sex and ethnicity. Data analyses indicate that questions may be raised regarding Crites' postulated monotonic relationship of career maturity to grade and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Maturity Tests
ALMY, MILLIE; AND OTHERS – 1966
TWO STUDIES DEAL WITH THE THOUGHT PROCESSES CHILDREN DISPLAY WHEN FACED WITH PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE CONCEPTS OF QUANTITY AND NUMBER. INVOLVING CHILDREN IN KINDERGARTEN, FIRST GRADE AND SECOND GRADE, THE STUDIES USE PIAGET'S THEORIES IN BOTH A CROSS-SECTIONAL AND A LONGITUDINAL APPROACH TO STUDY CHILDREN'S THINKING IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING. TO…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
REICHMAN, WALTER – 1966
EVIDENCE ABOUT THE CONSTRUCT VALIDITY OF PRESUMED VOCATIONAL MATURITY FACTOR SCORES WAS OBTAINED BY STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FACTORS OF VOCATIONAL MATURITY AND A GROUP OF CONCURRENT VARIABLES DEEMED RELEVANT TO VOCATIONAL MATURITY. THESE VARIABLES WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FIVE GROUPS--FAMILY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, ABILITY AND ACHIEVEMENT,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Career Development, Factor Analysis
Bond, Lloyd; And Others – 1975
Form D of the Psychosocial Maturity (PSM) Inventory and the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale were administered to 325 10th grade students to test a predicted correlation between the Dogmatism Scale and the Change and Tolerance subscales of the PSM battery, and to examine the pattern of covariation between psychosocial maturity and dogmatism. A substantial…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Dogmatism, Grade 10
Starr, B. James – 1973
Employed were a small sample of fifth graders to examine techniques for assessing the validity of psychosocial maturity (PSM) and the scales used to measure it. Three validation techniques were examined: (1) Data obtained from self-report scales, teacher ratings, and peer ratings were used to generate three multitrait-multimethod matrices (total…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interpersonal Competence, Matrices, Maturity (Individuals)
Wister, Robert, Ed. – 1994
These 11 essays address the importance of psychological assessments for prospective seminary students. The articles are primarily for seminary officials who make admission decisions based on testing and the analysis of test results. The chapters also discuss questions and issues that all seminary faculty address on a daily basis: maturity of…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Admissions Counseling, Church Related Colleges, Clergy
HUNT, KELLOGG W.
THE SEARCH FOR QUANTITATIVE MEASURES IN SENTENCE STRUCTURES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT INDICATORS OF CHRONOLOGICAL AND MENTAL MATURITY IN SCHOOL CHILDREN WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY. COMPARISONS WERE MADE OF COMPOSITIONS WRITTEN BY STUDENTS OF SUPERIOR IQ AT THE SAME GRADE LEVELS. THIS PART OF THE PROJECT HAD TWO OBJECTIVES--(1) TO SEE WHETHER…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adult Programs, Age Differences, Child Development
Thomas, Hollie, B.; Carpenter, Jack – 1976
This study was designed to study the effect of locus of control on the career maturity of a cross-section of age groups. The effects of race and sex were also studied. The Career Development Responsibility Scale (Thomas, l974), the Career Maturity Inventory Attitude Scale (Crites, 1973), and a measure of socioeconomic status were employed to…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Analysis of Covariance, Attitude Measures, Career Development
Peer reviewedKicklighter, Richard H.; Bailey, Brenda S. – School Psychology Review, 1980
The Children's Adaptive Behavior Scale is described, and statistics based on children aged 6 through 10 with IQ's 50 to 89 are presented to show the relationship of scores to chronological age, the low relationship with intelligence, and the negligible relationship with race or sex. (CTM)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Role, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Education
