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Kirk, Barbara A.; Cummings, Roger W. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1971
Differences in SVIB patterns of entering freshmen classes are analyzed. Results indicate shifts in student population toward greater intellectual ability and interests, effects of cultural change, need for educational and curricular reform to take these shifts into account and need for local normative information on basic interests. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Freshmen, College Students
Hymmen, Phyllis – School Guidance Worker, 1980
Junior high school students replied to a questionnaire. Data were examined for trends and activities teenagers did alone. Students indicated a strong dislike for remaining alone. Counselors may help students to realize the effect of out-of-school activities on personal development. The relation of out-of-school interests to career choices can be…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Counseling, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
Direct linkWorrall, Linda – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2006
A foundation principle of professionalism is listening carefully to clients' needs. This paper reviews current studies that have sought to listen to the needs of people with aphasia and their families. The preliminary evidence to date suggests that people with aphasia have goals that cover the bio-psycho-social spectrum but place a lot of…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Goal Orientation
Download full textKrapp, Andreas; Schiefele, Ulrich – 1986
West German research on children's interests is described, with emphasis on a 3-year longitudinal study of 12 children, aged 3 to 7. Two main lines of interest research are identified: (1) research activities rooted in the tradition of differential psychology emphasizing vocational interests, traits, and attitudes; and (2) research based on a new…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Early Childhood Education
Booz Allen and Hamilton, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1981
This study focused on specific needs and interests of three minority groups (Blacks, Hispanics, and the elderly) as television audiences. The study was based on a survey of American television audiences, conducted by Ronald Frank and Marshall Greenberg for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, to determine directions for television program…
Descriptors: Audiences, Blacks, Demography, Hispanic Americans
Smith, Gregory C.; Olson, Edith V. – 1984
Despite the importance of activity programs in geriatric long-term care settings, there has been little investigation of the recreational needs, wants, and interests of male residents. A descriptive interview survey, which assessed self-reported leisure interests, time preference, and morale was given to 102 staff members and 55 male residents of…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Individual Differences, Individual Needs, Interest Research
Goodson, William Dale – 1981
Interest inventories have been used extensively in high schools and universities to help students make career choices. To determine whether interest inventories aid students with their career development toward their college major and occupational choice, students were assigned to one of six interest inventory groups: Strong-Campbell (N=44); Kuder…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, College Students, Decision Making
Sutherland, Mary S. – 1978
The purpose of this study is to determine the drug interests of a senior high school population via a question-writing technique. Specific drug interests in the areas of herbal drugs, illicit drugs, over-the-counter drugs, prescription drugs, and commercial drugs were examined by requesting students to write out what questions they felt their…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Education, Health Education
DOREMUS, MABEL – 1964
TO DETERMINE WHY MANY YOUNG HOMEMAKERS HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN ADULT EDUCATION THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE AND WHETHER AND WHAT KIND OF HOMEMAKING HELP THEY WANT, 20 WOMEN IN ONONDAGA COUNTY, NEW YORK WERE INTERVIEWED, GUIDED BY QUESTIONNAIRES TO WHICH VERBAL ANSWERS WERE GIVEN. OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE OF THE APPEARANCE OF THE…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Surveys, Extension Education, Home Economics
Omvig, Clayton P.; Thomas, Edward G. – 1974
After a review of literature on the subject of vocational interests the authors go on to define the main problem investigated in this study, that of determining the relationship between expressed and tested vocational interests of four groups of people (disadvantaged males and females and nondisadvantaged males and females), in this case with…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged, Interest Inventories
Fisher, Allan H., Jr.; And Others – 1974
The interest of college-bound high school seniors in applying for college-based military officer training programs was assessed. Comparisons were made between surveys conducted in 1972 and 1973. It was found that the Air Force and the Navy ROTC scholarship programs were the most popular with the youth surveyed. Higher likelihood of applying was…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Educational Opportunities, Grade 12, High School Seniors
Smith, Brandon B.; Moss, Jerome, Jr. – 1972
This report presents three studies which investigated the two major problem areas in developing a State system of managed research in vocational education: (1) identifying persons who are interested in and competent to conduct research and development activities, and (2) identifying and placing in priority order the significant problems in the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Development, Educational Problems, Educational Research
Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, 2006
Valencia, Perez & Echeveste (VPE) and the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) designed a survey to capture Latino adults' opinions about the benefits, importance, and costs associated with enrolling children in pre-kindergarten programs. The objective of the survey was to gauge support for government-subsidized pre-kindergarten programs among…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Public Support, Kindergarten, Preschool Evaluation
Peer reviewedMiller, Leslie; And Others – Interpersonal Computing and Technology, 1996
A lack of gender-sensitive computer games exacerbates female disinterest in technology. Girls-only focus groups revealed phenomena that may help software developers awaken girls' enthusiasm for computing. For instance, girls placed a premium on richly textured video and audio, on collaborating rather than competing, on interacting with male…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Games, Computer Simulation, Computer Software Development
Pressley, Michael – Education Canada, 2005
In the quest for engaging, effective literacy instruction, the author argues that elementary reading instruction should balance systematic skills instruction with rich children's literacy experiences and opportunities to learn how to read and write. He posits that engaging and effective primary grades classrooms are very positive places where…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction
