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Croft, Don B. – 1979
This report presents evaluative information about Project EXCEL (experience-based career education learning program) for the 1978-79 school year. Eight evaluation instruments were used by the third-party evaluator to collect data: (1) student information questionnaire, (2) student plans and perceptions survey, (3) parent opinion survey, (4)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Exploration, Employer Attitudes
Whitman, Robert L. – 1972
To determine aspects of the attitudinal dimension of vocational maturity among rural disadvantaged girls and boys of eastern Kentucky, samples of Grade 8 and 12 students were administered the: (1) Vocational Development Inventory-Attitude Scale, (2) Occupational Aspiration Scale, (3) California Test of Mental Maturity and the Otis-Lennon Mental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Disadvantaged Youth, Doctoral Dissertations
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Lunneborg, Clifford E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Evaluated bias in college-bound high school juniors' self-assessments of their employment qualifications. Found their self-descriptions, compared with standard measures, showed an uneven appreciation of preparation, ability claims that were not based on aptitude, and sex stereotyping. Results question use of brief self-assessments in career…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Bias, Career Exploration, College Bound Students
Shively, Joe E.; Davis, Carolyn S. – 1978
The goal of the Conecuh County (Alabama) project was to successfully implement into its curriculum an Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program based on the model developed by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, which integrates academic requirements and work experience opportunities into a comprehensive curriculum. To determine…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Carr, Thomas; Schlier, Gordon – 1978
The purpose of this project was to continue, expand, and measure the outcomes of a three-phase model developmental vocational exploration and career planning program that had been integrated into the junior high school curriculum. Phase I involved 304 seventh grade students. Ten sessions were conducted in which students explored the attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Exploration, Career Planning
Shively, Joe E.; Davis, Carolyn S. – 1979
The goal of the Conecuh County (Alabama) project was to successfully implement an Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program based on the model developed by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, which integrates academic requirements and work experience opportunities into a comprehensive curriculum. To determine program effectiveness at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
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Shively, Joe E.; Davis, Carolyn S. – 1979
This report describes the findings of a third party evaluation of the High Point Schools, North Carolina, experience-based career education (EBCE) program. Six instruments were used to compare EBCE and non-EBCE students: (1) The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills, (2) the JOBS instrument, (3) the Attitude Scale of the Career Maturity Inventory,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
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King, Suzanne – Career Development Quarterly, 1990
Examined whether differences exist in how variables of age, socioeconomic status, gender, family cohesion, parental aspirations, cultural participation, achievement explain career maturity attitudes for adolescents with and without hearing impairments. Results from 70 high school students with impaired hearing and 318 with normal hearing suggest…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adolescents, Age Differences, Background
Spotts, Robert; And Others – 1978
A cooperative effort between the Rockville Centre Free Union School District and the Far West Laboratory evaluated the implementation and outcomes of Greenhouse, an alternative high school program using the experience based career education (EBCE) curriculum. Evaluation criteria included four process objectives and the following student learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Career Education, Dropout Prevention
Greenville County School District, Greenville, SC. – 1978
The Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program at J. L. Mann High School (Greenville, South Carolina) was designed to provide enrolled students with community-based career experiences and to make the career resource room a focal point for career education for all students and teachers in the school. An individualized course of instruction…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Employer Attitudes, Experiential Learning
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Rojewski, Jay W.; And Others – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1995
Examination of the impact of gender and academic-risk behavior on the career maturity and competence of 110 rural youth revealed that females were more involved and independent in their career development and that high-risk students were less able to solve career-related problems. Addresses implications for rural career education and vocational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Competence
Evenson, Jill S. – 1982
As one activity of the Workplace Mentorship study, 75 interviews were conducted in 15 programs to examine 30 mentorships. In each program five persons were interviewed: two mentors, two students, and one program staff person. Students were in eleventh or twelfth grade or recently out of high school. The interviews collected from the three types of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship, Educational Research
Canna, Debra S. – 1982
Studies on the impact of experience-based cooperative education on career development, maturity, and retention were reviewed to determine if high school students were prepared to successfully enter the world of work. Studies comparing cooperative and non-cooperative education in terms of career attitudes and maturity indicated that cooperative…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Cooperative Education
Van Dusseldorp, Ralph A. – 1978
The third-party evaluation of the second year of the Iowa Central Community College Experience Based Career Education (EBCE) Project was based on examination of project records, interviews with project staff, student and resource persons, questionnaires completed by students, parents and resource persons, and test data collected on students at the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Career Planning, Educational Testing
Greenville County School District, Greenville, SC. – 1979
An Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) exemplary project was conducted for three years in four high schools in Greenville County, South Carolina, and then evaluated for this final program report. Guidance and community components made up the program's major strengths. A third component (academic) proved nonessential. The guidance component…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
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