Data revealed that the Canadian Vocational Readiness Package for Girls appears to be an excellent program for meeting the special vocational counseling needs of today's female adolescent. (Author)

Four groups of Ss, ranging from 11 and 12 year-olds to 14 and 15 year-olds, were tested on the Junior P.Q., and on an anonymous self-report questionnaire. Results indicate that Eysenck's theory of antisocial behavior is capable of predictions concerning the range of misbehavior engaged in by secondary school girls. (Author)

This study investigated personality and academic achievement differences between athletic and non-athletic ninth and tenth grade girls in a Canadian school. Athletes participated in at least one of four interscholastic sports while the non-athletes were involved in only activities associated with a required Physical Education course. Differences…

Achievement patterns and the relationship to achievement of other- direction and attitudes toward women were investigated in 43 10th-grade females with IQ scores of above 110. Achievement indices consisted of grades, as well as mathematical and verbal achievement test scores. Beginning at Grade Six, grades of underachievers differed significantly…

This research explored three neglected facets of the relationship between athletics and achievement: (1) sex differences, (2) the broader range of extracurricular activities, and (3) the age range of adolescents. The sample consisted of 3000 males and females in grades 7 through 12. For both sexes, academic achievement was positively related to…

To document counselor bias toward females and identify some of its correlates, six short case studies were devised describing either a male or female. When the study described a female, counselors chose occupations that paid less, required less prerequisite education, and were more closely supervised than a study describing a male. (Author)

Helping girls to plan clearly and consciously for a future in which education, work and family responsibilities can interact optimally for self-actualization may be the greatest challenge facing counselors. This study explores differences in career planning between 1,577 high school boys and girls in a large mid-western city. (Author)

Examines the occupational aspirations of adolescent women. Subjects were 149 eleventh graders. Results indicate that many teenage females still subscribe to traditional sex-role values in their occupational aspirations. (Author)

This study demonstrates that a population of high-achieving young women with sufficient motivation and ability for acceleration in science may be readily identified and that acceleration in science is practical for such a group. To test the effects of participation in a research-oriented multi-disciplinary college course (Research Introduction to…

A followup of the original results of a curriculum unit, "Planning Ahead for the World of Work", for high school women was conducted one year after the unit was tested. The followup included 247 of the 326 home economics students who participated in the original study. The conclusions concerning the retained effect of the unit were: (1) some of…

The SVIB was administered to the entire freshperson class at a midwestern college for women. Results showed leaders responded "like" to about 90 percent of the scale items, whereas nonleaders responded "like" to only about 10 percent. The scale is designed to assist counselors in aiding women to plan their extracurricular…

This study sought to determine the attitudes of guidance counselors toward the entrance of women into the profession of medicine. In order to answer this broad question two research methods were employed. The counselors were given a paired comparisons task, i.e., they were asked to make 66 choices among 12 high school students to determine who…

This study investigated sex differences in counselor credibility as perceived by high school girls. A quasi-experimental method was used in which four tape recordings presented identical career information about women by female and male counselors. Fifty-three career-oriented and 53 home-oriented girls rated the counselor-narrators on a…

To test whether the traditionally inferior performance in mathematics of girls relative to boys is the result of sex stereotyping, 2,000 sixth- to twelfth-grade boys and girls were administered tests in mathematics aptitude and tests to measure the strength of sex-role stereotyping. The results showed that at all levels subjects displayed no…

This report reviews sex discrimination in counseling and guidance in secondary and postsecondary education. Following a review of existing research and literature and a critical discussion of the state of knowledge in this area, the report presents implications for policy and modes to implement needed changes. The primary focus is vocational…