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Project CHOICE: Validity of Interest and Ability Measures for Student Choice of Vocational Program
Author(s) -
Prediger Dale J.,
Brandt William E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1991.tb00318.x
Subject(s) - vocational education , multiple choice , psychology , applied psychology , medical education , mathematics education , pedagogy , medicine , statistics , mathematics , significant difference
This project sought to determine whether interest and ability measures can help high school students identify vocational education programs in which they may experience satisfaction and success. Interest measures (6) and ability measures (15) were administered to 2,101 seniors in 19 area vocational‐technical schools. About 80% of the satisfied/successful seniors would have been referred, by a computer‐based score interpretation, to the job cluster containing the vocational program they completed. Generally, score profiles were congruent with program content. Results indicate that computer‐based interpretations can effectively and efficiently link interest and ability scores to vocational‐technical program options.