The mission of the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) is to ensure all students have access to a world-class education and quality online learning opportunities that prepare them for a lifetime of success. "The Online Learning Definitions Project" is designed to provide states, districts, online programs, and…

This article describes the results of a qualitative case study evaluating a research mentorship program in community care settings in Ontario, Canada. The purpose of the program was to build evaluation and research capacity among staff of community care agencies through a mentorship program. Data were collected through in-depth, semi-structured…

This paper covers types of vocationally related research and projects that practicing counselors would like to see done, followed by some suggestions for potential application of these topics. It is hoped that some school counselors will be encouraged to conduct research in their local setting. (Author/CG)

This study relates the effect evaluations had on changes in existing guidance programs. Ohio schools (n=20) that had completed an evaluation the previous year were studied. Of the 357 recommendations made to the evaluated schools, nearly one-third were fully implemented within one year and another one-third were in process of implementation.…

This study was designed to assess the effects of a career education program on students' career maturity as measured by the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI). Results indicate that the career education program had a positive effect in increasing students' levels of career maturity. (Author)

The purpose of this article is to report how a guidance consultant was able to model the use of the encouragement process plus immediate corrective feedback to help one boy improve his arithmetic achievement and attending behavior in the classroom. (Author)

Examines the status of the relationship between the guidance program of the public senior high school and the community service personnel. (Author)

Activity group guidance is a method that may help counselors bring new vitality into their schools by integrating the affective and the cognitive and by helping students learn by doing. (Author)

Study sought to determine if comprehensive guidance program changes teachers' perceptions about counselor role, if program has differential effects on experienced and inexperienced teachers, if level of training determines perceptions of teachers, and if degree of participation in inservice guidance experiences determines perceptions. (Author/EK)

This study addresses itself to these topics: (1) the current state of the art in California Career Centers, (2) those materials and programs which students are finding most helpful, (3) the effect the Career Centers are actually having on students who use them, and (4) the effectiveness of Career Centers in providing career guidance services to…

This paper reports the findings of a survey in North York, Canada, to determine the needs and priorities of high school students regarding career information. It is hoped that the report will be useful to schools in determining the emphasis which guidance services should be giving to career education. The survey sampled 3,690 students from 46…

This study examined possible relationships between the analytic/global dimension of cognitive style, as defined by Davis and Klausmeier (1970) and measured by the Children's Embedded Figures Test (CEFT), and two modes of instruction varying in the level of guidance provided the learner. Sixty Anglo subjects (eight and nine years old), identified…

The general purpose was to demonstrate by means of a pilot project what could be accomplished by providing guidance and counseling services conducted by itinerant counselors. A total of nineteen schools located in twelve counties participated. These counties are the southern-most counties in Illinois. A total of 432 boys and 397 girls were reached…

Traditionally, the psychometric qualities of instruments used in guidance research are not reported and concerns of validity are passed over lightly. This article examines this problem by delineating instrument development from the identification of content through initial validation processes. Procedures for item selection, item validation, and…

A PROGRAM TO TEACH DECISION-MAKING SKILLS TO NINTH AND 11TH GRADE STUDENTS USING LOCAL RESEARCH DATA, VISUAL AIDS, AND OTHER MATERIALS WAS UNDERTAKEN. IN GROUP GUIDANCE SESSIONS, THESE PROBLEMS WERE DISCOVERED--(1) SOME DECISIONS ARE NEVER CONSCIOUSLY MADE, (2) THE EMOTIONAL BASES OF DECISIONS ARE NOT CONSIDERED, (3) MANY STUDENTS AVOID MAKING…