An investigation of the relationship of selected variables to congruency or discrepancy between expressed or inventoried interests is presented. The sample for this study consisted of 327 randomly selected high school students from a public school located in an affluent suburb and a parochial school located in a city. (Author)

This article provides information about present and future research trends in North America. (JD)

Discusses a study of the musical instrument preferences of third grade children. Reports that students' choice of instruments was influenced by the manner in which the instruments were presented to them. Finds that preference varied with gender. Suggests areas for future research. (SG)

This article describes the response of 483 teacher trainees when asked their motivation for undertaking teacher training. There was no predetermined agenda, and the open responses were analysed into six distinct categories covering 93 per cent of responses. These included career-related reasons such as wanting a rewarding and challenging career or…

The impact of interest on specific quantitative and qualitative measures was studied by examining the relationship between interest in research methodology by education students and knowledge in the area. The "Study Interest Questionnaire" (Winteler and Sierwald, 1987) and a questionnaire on interest in empirical research methodology were…

To update the findings of a 1971 study, a study seeking to identify the interest patterns and media preferences of fourth and fifth grade children was undertaken in 1978. The responses of 731 children to an interest inventory were subjected to separate factor analytic and analysis of variance procedures. The former were used to cluster…

TO FURTHER DETERMINE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT'S POTENTIAL FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN COLLEGE AND ADULT LIFE, THE SCORES OF 18,378 COLLEGE APPLICANTS FOR THE NON-ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT SCALES OF THE STUDENT PROFILE SECTION OF THE ACT BATTERY AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADES WERE CORRELATED TO DISCOVER THE FOLLOWING--THE STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NON-CLASSROOM…

This report of a Louis Harris poll on national opinions toward privacy includes the questions asked of each respondent and the responses given in categories related to age, sex, employment, income, and other factors. There are chapters on privacy and the individual; personal privacy in relation to governmental and business institutions; privacy…

Interest patterns and media preferences (print and television) of boys and girls in grade four and five were studied by subjecting their responses to an interest inventory to separate factor analytic and analysis of variance procedures. The former procedures were used to cluster degree-of-interest responses into larger groupings that could be…

In Milwaukee, 122 handicapped clients from social service agencies participated in a research and demonstration project in avocational counseling over an 8-month period, with followup interviews conducted 1-6 months later with 72 of the Ss. Six avocational interest inventories were reviewed and compared, and five new avocational choice instruments…

A semantic differential was used to measure the affective responses of vocationally committed male students in medicine, business, and engineering to occupational concepts representing the fields of medicine, business, engineering, the clergy, and law enforcement. It was found that the groups differed significantly in their affective responses to…

Sex-role stereotyping in the linguistic structure of Holland's Self-Directed Search (SDS) was examined. A revised SDS was constructed involving the removal of all masculine-toned terminology. The subjects did perceive the two inventories differently, with subjects completing the standard SDS viewing it as slightly less equitable. (Author)

Interest in babies was assessed for 32 children aged 8 to 9 years and 32 children aged 14 to 15 years. Data were collected by means of a 6-second time sampling of waiting room behaviors in the presence of a live baby and by reactions to pictures of babies versus other objects. (Author/JMB)

Describes a study in which the Survey of School Attitudes was administered to more than 13,500 first through eighth graders in 10 states. Assessed were pupil's attitudes toward four major curriculum areas: reading/language, mathematics, science and social studies. (BF)

Described is an introductory social psychology course which incorporates motivation arousing elements. Findings indicate that the motivation oriented course was perceived by students as equal or superior to large introductory information oriented courses. (Author/DB)