The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a one-semester career decision-making course, implemented using the Exploring Career Decision-making materials developed by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory, on the career maturity and knowledge of career concepts of tenth grade non-college bound students.;The study was implemented at Denbigh High School in Newport News, Virginia. Denbigh is a four-year comprehensive high school with a total enrollment of 2100 students. The subjects for the study were 47 non-college bound tenth grade students who had just completed the one-semester career decision-making course and 50 non-college bound tenth grade students who were just beginning the one-semester career decision-making course.;The Career Maturity Inventory (Crites, 1978) and the pre/post test of the Exploring Career Decision-making Course Assessment Package (Appalachia Educational Laboratory, in press) were administered to both groups--those who had just completed the course and those who were just beginning the course. The same tests were administered to the second group again after they had completed the course.;An analysis of the test data produced the following results: (1) There was a significant difference between the career maturity scores of students who had just completed the career decision-making course and those who were just beginning the course. (2) There was no difference between the career maturity scores of the same two groups of students when both groups had completed the career decision-making course. (3) There was a significant difference between the scores on the pre/post test of the Exploring Career Decision-making Course Assessment Package of students who had just completed the career decision-making course and those who were just beginning the course. (4) There was no difference between the scores on the pre/post test of the Exploring Career Decision-making Course Assessment Package of the same two groups of students when both groups had completed the career decision-making course.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:wm.edu/oai:scholarworks.wm.edu:etd-1639 |
| Date | 01 January 1982 |
| Creators | Barr, Carol Gelo |
| Publisher | W&M ScholarWorks |
| Source Sets | William and Mary |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects |
| Rights | © The Author |
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