Selected college women (N=175) who were equally distributed over the 7-point Index of Agreement scale which reflects the relation between expressed and inventoried interests. Results suggest that groups lower in agreement between expressed and inventoried interests were less career decided than the groups higher in agreement. (Author)

Studies were conducted with more than 10,000 children to determine the types of programing most popular with that audience, their attitudes towards science, and the techniques that maximize the appeal and comprehensibility of science material on television. Research results guided the development of the new PBS series, 3-2-1 Contact. (MER)

Two findings emerge from a survey of second-year podiatric medical students: their interests do not correlate closely with other medical students', although like other health professionals they have high interest in science, mechanical activities, medical science, and medical service. Development of a podiatric practitioner profile is recommended.…

Describes a study involving 278 male and 260 female chemists for revision purposes of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory. Results indicate that male chemists scored highest in the investigative area and female chemists in both the investigative and realistic areas. Occupational scales, academic orientation, and basic interests scales are…

Examines one aspect of the construct validity of vocational interest across Japanese and American cultures. Results based on two samples of college students (Japanese N=373; American N=401) indicated that the item structure was similar across cultures. Findings support the general structural similarity of interests in Japanese and American…

Examines undergraduate students' imaginative processes (i.e., spontaneous imagery and emotional response) to newspaper articles. Finds that, as in previous studies with literary texts and feature journalism articles, imagery and affective responses (i.e., emotional response and story interest) were moderately to strongly related. Finds that both…

Examined the relationship between the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) and scores on the Adventure scale of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) among female college students (n=55). Women scoring high on the SSS scales also scored high on the Adventure scale, thereby supporting the construct validity of the SII Adventure scale. (RJM)

This study was designed to elicit the views and preferences of primary education students with general learning difficulties concerning different service delivery modes. The main areas to be investigated were: (a) their current educational provision, (b) alternative modes of provision and (c) the most appropriate provider (mainstream or special…

Prospect-refuge theory was used to study children's aesthetic responses to landscape paintings. Sixty-seven children between the ages of 8 and 15 years reported their liking for 28 landscape paintings and their perceptions of the degree of prospect, refuge, and hazard in those paintings. Consistent with expectations, children were able to express…

Unrest in the early 1970s stimulated a need to understand undergraduates' motivations. The Clark-Trow Typology (Clark & Trow, 1966) examined student behavior (i.e., academic, collegiate, vocational, and non-conformist) according to identification with the institution and involvement with ideas. The Student Interest Survey included questions…

A theory of interest is presented, with comments on the assessment of interest in a student. The concept of interest as an affective state, elicited by certain characteristics of the material, is not sufficient, since situational factors do not seem solely responsible for making information more interesting. The educational interest theory here…

This project was conducted in Port Townsend, Washington, to discover whether an invisible network of learning existed and to determine its characteristics. A total of 196 respondents were interviewed in the study. They included persons knowledgeable about learning in the community, providers of learning experiences, and a random sample of 75 names…

A picture inventory is a useful means of determining reading interests of children in the intermediate grades. (JH)

Specific steps for developing a reading and research unit on dragons is described. (JH)