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Direct linkRalston, Chistopher A.; Borgen, Fred H.; Rottinghaus, Patrick J.; Donnay, David A. C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2004
The Basic Interest Scales (BISs) of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII; Harmon, Hansen, Borgen, & Hammer, 1994) have a 35-year history. The BISs are the specific content scales of the SII, as opposed to the SII general content scales, the General Occupational Themes (GOTs), which measure the six Holland (1997) RIASEC themes. Using 17,074…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), National Norms, Interest Inventories, Discriminant Analysis
Whisenant, Warren – Sport, Education and Society, 2005
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of three organizational justice dimensions on the commitment of high school student athletes (N = 480) to continue playing a referent sport. The athletes were asked to complete an instrument designed to assess their perceived levels of justice displayed by their coaches in three justice…
Descriptors: Extramural Athletics, Athletes, Justice, Social Values
Kerby, Dave S.; Ragan, Katie M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2002
Leisure activities are widely used in research to predict important outcomes, but the existing studies use different classification schemes and apparently rely on the intuition of the researcher to classify activities. The goal of the current study was to use the Holland RIASEC personality system to empirically classify activities using a sample…
Descriptors: Multidimensional Scaling, Recreational Activities, Predictor Variables, Classification
Download full textHansen, Jo-Ida C. – 1995
The assessment of interests through the use of interest inventories is big business in the field of testing today. The assessment of interests originally developed as an outgrowth of efforts in education and in industry to supplement special and general abilities information about individuals. Interest inventories used today differ from early…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Aptitude Tests, Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education
Mitchell, Mathew – 1994
Interest may be conceptualized as a variable which affects both motivational and cognitive activity. The purpose of this study was to systematically apply a theoretical model of interest to a classroom setting and explore whether students' interest in mathematics could be increased. The theoretical model of interest is presented and followed by…
Descriptors: College Students, Diagrams, Environmental Education, Grade 9
Prediger, Dale J.; Hanson, Gary R. – 1976
This symposium examines recent research on sex restrictiveness as a potential indicator of sex bias. Two specific questions are addressed: (1) Can useful non-sex-restrictive raw score interest scales be constructed? Research results are reported for more than 10,000 persons in six samples including 9th graders, 11th graders, college-bound…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Planning, Conferences, Goal Orientation
Sparling, Joseph, Ed. – 1980
Through a synthesis of 15 research studies, this report profiles parenting information needs and attempts to increase understanding of potential sources of parenting information. It is suggested that the synthesis may assist (1) needs-assessment for program planning and design, (2) development of information strategies or products for parents, and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Child Development, Demonstration Programs, Family Problems
Bryan, Mary Anna; Agee, W. Hugh – 1979
Results of a survey of 165 high school students' responses to 100 poems were analyzed and compared to the poetry preferences of elementary school students in a similar study conducted by Ann Terry in 1974. The results showed that humorous and narrative poems appealed to a wide age range. Four of the five most popular poems in the high school…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students
Asher, Steven R. – 1978
To assess whether black children comprehend more of high- than low-interest reading material, whether the performance discrepancy between white and black children is reduced under high-interest conditions, and to determine the degree of similarity of the interests of white and black children, a study involving 33 black and 33 white fifth graders…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Grade 5, Interest Inventories, Interest Research
Boniol, John Dawson, Jr. – 1973
The premise that course material must engage the students' interests if the instruction is to be successful guided this pilot study, which was conducted (1) to test the effectiveness of two instruments designed to determine the reading and media preferences of college freshmen, and (2) to determine the reading and media preferences of freshman…
Descriptors: Books, College Freshmen, English Instruction, Fiction
Tanney, Mary Faith – 1974
In this paper an attempt was made to search the literature for studies which would indicate whether or not sex-role stereotyping (via language) has been examined for its impact on people who take interest measures. A careful scrutiny revealed no empirical data to evaluate the hypothesis that the linguistic structure of items does or does not…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Interest Inventories
Rudner, Lawrence Michael – 1973
In this study the achievement of eighth grade mathematics students who produced their own visual learning materials on topics in the curriculum was compared with eighth graders who did not have this opportunity. Two groups of eighth grade mathematics students were assumed to be equivalent due to their random selection and their comparable I.Q. and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Educational Research, Extracurricular Activities
Peer reviewedBauer, David – Educational Leadership, 1975
The article states that students seem to become less interested in learning after several years of education, and that this is due to a traditional curriculum which discourages risk-taking and rewards only the accomplishment of a limited number of skills. (CD)
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Curriculum, Educational Innovation, Interest Research
Peer reviewedSmith, Harry A.; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1986
The capacity of the Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory to discriminate among members of 12 pharmacy career groups (independent pharmacy owners and staff, chain managers and staff, hospital directors and staff, medical service representatives, marketing/administrative pharmacists, manufacturing and quality control, research and development,…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Career Choice, College Faculty, Health Services
Importance Placed on Managerial Leadership Competencies across Countries: What Managers Need to Know
Kowske, Brenda J.; Anthony, Kshanika – Online Submission, 2005
This study examines the importance placed on managerial competencies across countries. A partial replication of work done 5 years ago, this research demonstrated that various countries' managers have changed the emphasis placed on some managerial competencies. Overall, results showed that many managerial competencies have similar amounts of…
Descriptors: Competence, Administrator Role, Leadership Qualities, Management Development
