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The “Exploring Career Options” video shows a student and a Florida State University career advisor modeling information-seeking behavior with vicarious reinforcement. This project replicates and updates two prior videos used in the...
Current Status and Future Potential for Evaluating the Design and Use of Computer-Based Career Information Delivery Systems in the United States: Technical Report Number 17
Career information delivery systems (CIDS) are an increasingly common resource for the delivery of information to individuals involved in making career and educational choices. This paper is intended to stimulate further discussion of...
The effectiveness of a university career development course based on cognitive information processing theory was assessed. Students showed a significant decrease in their negative career thoughts when the Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI;...
This study evaluated the effects of DISCOVER for Adult Learners and SIGI PLUS on career decidedness, vocational identity, and perceptions of computer use for 116 adults seeking services at a self-help oriented career center. Adults were...
This report provides a description of the development process, field testing, and psychometric properties of a student mathematics test designed to assess grades K, 1, and 2 student abilities. The test was administered to 4, 535...
This report describes a national survey of 677 institutions using DISCOVER and SIGI as of June 1984. The goal was to produce a generic description of the present use of these systems. A return rate of 64.7% (N=438) was obtained to the 30...
This report reviews and discusses Web site design strategies for organizations providing counseling and career services. The authors put forth a model of Web site development based on fulfilling the information needs of specific users. A...
A credit career development course has been offered at Florida State University for approximately 25 years. A study, completed in 2000, assessed course effects on the following student outcomes: 1) retention to graduation, 2) time taken...
This study examined relationships among levels of communication apprehension and dysfunctional career thoughts in relation to career problem solving and decision making. Analysis of correlation coefficients found statistically...
The primary purpose of this paper is to introduce essential elements of cognitive information processing (CIP) theory, research, and practice as they existed at the time of this writing. The introduction that follows describes the nature...
Grades in a standardized career course offered at a large southeastern university over a 26-year period were analyzed to measure the course impact on student learning. The analysis examined the extent to which course structures and...
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Three Computer-Assisted Career Guidance Systems on College Students' Career Decision Making Processes: Technical Report No. 6
The Computer-Assisted Career Guidance Evaluation Form, was developed to evaluate the effectiveness of CACG systems in performing three vital functions in career decision-making. This instrument was subsequently used to compare the...
This paper describes the creation of a comprehensive bibliography of 1, 609 reference citations related to John Holland’s theory and applications. This list of references may be used by researchers, students, practitioners, and teachers...
This document contains a set of materials we created, selected, or adapted for the purpose of assessing children’s understanding of place value. These materials were sequenced to form a diagnostic assessment for use in a one-on-one, ...
This report describes the efforts of the Career Center at Florida State University to implement the localization options in the DISCOVER and SIGI PLUS computer-assisted career guidance (CACG) systems in 1991-1992. A review of the...
This report describes the results of a nationwide comparative study of the 677 sites using DISCOVER or SIGI as of June 1984. Software-based and institutionally-based factors influencing system use were explored. The former included...
This review of career course literature briefly traces the history of career courses in colleges and universities and reviews 46 reports of the effectiveness of the various career planning courses offered in institutions of higher...
Elementary Mathematics Student Assessment: Measuring Grade 3, 4, and 5 Students’ Performace in Number (Whole Numbers and Fractions), Operations, and Algebraic Thinking in Spring 2016
This report provides a description of the development process, field testing, and psychometric properties of a student mathematics test designed to assess grades 3, 4, and 5 student abilities. The test was administered to 2, 754...
Many high school students, post-secondary students, and adults of working age have difficulty making career decisions. Dysfunctional thinking about themselves, their options, and their decision-making abilities have been shown to...
Holland’s RIASEC theory was designed to meet the vocational needs of people in the U.S. in the mid-twentieth century. This article reviews literature relevant to the applicability of the RIASEC model’s structure and Holland-based...
Potential Contributions of Career Information Delivery Systems to One-Stop Career Centers, Military Downsizing, and School-to-Work Transition Initiatives: Technical Report Number 18
This report documents an effort by the Association of Computer-Based Systems for Career Information to facilitate increased awareness and utilization of career information delivery systems (CIDS) by federal, state, and local governmental...
Opportunities, Constraints and Critical Supports for Achieving Sustainable Local Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in Africa: With a focus on the Role of Finance
At the request of the Open Society Foundations Public Health Program (OSF-PHP), a Team of researchers assembled by Nova Worldwide Consulting undertook to study whether and to what extent gaps in the availability of financing are...
This report was prepared for the Clearinghouse for Computer-Assisted Guidance Systems at Florida State University. The Clearinghouse was established to provide current and readily accessible information relevant to selecting, ...
Examining Psychometric and Measurement Properties of the Career Thoughts Inventory: Demonstration and Use of the Rasch Measurement Model in Career Assessment Research Technical Report No. 51
The Rasch measurement model for developing and revising career assessment tools has many advantages over traditional test development methods. To better understand this method, the current study met its two purposes (a) to illustrate how...
One-stop centers have been established as a proactive effort to improve the delivery of employment and related social services. Due to the relatively recent emergence of one-stop centers as a major policy initiative in service delivery, ...
Career course literature in 157 documents traces the history, development, design, and effectiveness of career courses in colleges and universities. It includes reviews of 88 studies in 80 reports or articles in 133 documents regarding...
The purpose of this study was to collect, analyze, and disseminate baseline data to aid computer-based career information delivery system (CIDS) operators and state and federal policy makers in making more informed decisions about the...
The Career State Inventory (CSI) as a Measure of Readiness for Career Decision Making: A Manual for Assessment, Administration, and Intervention 7.0* (Technical Report No. 57)
The Career State Inventory (CSI) was developed initially by the authors as the Career Decision State Survey (CDSS) to facilitate research and practice in vocational psychology and career development. This measure may also be used to...
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of Alexander Hamilton, one of the commissioners of land titles in East Florida, with sundry documents relative thereto
"May 18, 1824. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. May 21, 1824. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. May 24, 1824. Referred again to the Committee on Public Lands."
While research data services have been available at FSU Libraries for several years, the question of tangible student engagement arises. First and foremost, FSU Libraries did not previously have data on undergraduate student engagement...
This paper proposes models for serving job seekers that utilize (1) self-help services, (2) brief staff-assisted services, and (3) individuals case-managed services to maximize staff resources in one-stop centers. After the need for...
A variety of client characteristics, drawn primarily from John Holland's theory and constructs, were used to examine client reactions to using a computer-assisted career guidance system. The subjects were 206 individuals who sought...
This technical report documents the results from a quasi-experimental evaluation of the efficacy of Improving Your Career Thoughts: A Workbook for the Career Thoughts Inventory on college students’ acquisition of the skill of reframing...
This paper analyzes civilian employment data collected by the Census Bureau in 1960, 1970, 1980, and 1990 with respect to six kinds of work (Holland classification), occupation, employment, gender, occupational level, and income over...
Zooarchaeological Analysis of Faunal Remains Recovered from Sands Key #2 (8D2) (SEAC Accession #1930), Biscayne National Park, Miami-Dade County Florida
This is a report of the zooarchaeological analysis of faunal remains recovered as part of the excavations by archeologists with the Southeastern Archeological Center of the National Park Service at the Sands Key #2 site (8DA2) (SEAC Acc ...
The aim of this study was to examine the adaptation versus adoption of the Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI, Sampson, Peterson, Lenz, Reardon, & Saunders, 1996a) outside the U.S. as a measure readiness for career decision-making. A sample...
This report is designed to share information on the career advisor (CA) program in the Florida State University Career Center. Career advisors have been part of the FSU Career Center for more than 25 years. In fact, training career...
The primary purpose of this study is to highlight similarities and differences among seventeen computer-assisted career guidance (CACG) systems so that practitioners, CACG system developers, policy makers, and researchers may make...
This paper reports the results of a symposium held in June, 1995, in Washington, D.C., to examine new Federal initiatives in the development of career information and the design and use of computer-based career information deliver...
A study was conducted to examine the comparative impact of two generations of a computer-assisted career guidance system, SIGI and SIGI PLUS, on the career decidedness, vocational identity, and user perceptions of 64 college students....
This study examines career planning programs and career services offices at colleges and universities in the United States as viewed by chief student affairs officers. Findings from an earlier study of career services offices (CSOs) in...
Executive Summary Many questions persist regarding the use of psychotropic medication in Florida’s child welfare system. The purpose of this report is to (1) describe both the broad and local contexts (including research and policy) for...
The FSU Career Portfolio Program (CPP) was in development for five years before its launch in April 2002. This sustained effort can be attributed to several factors, including strong, committed leadership by the university president, the...
Ninety-eight high-risk middle school students completed the Self-Directed Search: Career Explorer (SDS: CE) as a means to improve self-knowledge and serve as a springboard to increase occupational knowledge and improve decision making...
The purpose of this research was to compare two widely used computer-assisted career guidance (CACG) systems, DISCOVER and SIGI. The goals were to: 1) assist practitioners in learning more about the benefits of using a CACG system as a...
In order to examine the nature and scope of John L. Holland’s contributions to vocational psychology and career development, we conducted a research study and found 2, 318 unique published references about his RIASEC theory and its...
Career counselors have interpreted profile elevation on interest inventories for years. The interpretation has been based on counselor judgment and not empirical research. A few studies, along with the current study, have attempted to...
Elementary Mathematics Student Assessment: Measuring the Performance of Grade 3, 4 and 5 Students in Number (Whole Numbers and Fractions), Operations, and Algebraic Thinking in Fall 2015
This report provides a description of the development process, field testing, and psychometric properties of the fall 2015 grades 3–5 Elementary Mathematics Student Assessment (EMSA), a student mathematics test designed to be...
External Evaluation of the Women’s Leadership Program in Paraguay: Evaluation Report. [174 p.]: Higher Education for Development (HED), American Council on Education (ACE). USAID/DEC, Washington, DC. http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00KNGF.pdf
This evaluation report of the Women’s Leadership Program in Paraguay was produced at the request of Higher Education for Development with support from the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Flavia...
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