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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...
This bibliography contains citations about the cognitive information processing (CIP) approach to career development and career services developed at Florida State University. This application of cognitive information processing theory...
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...
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...
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...
This review of career course literature in 147 documents traces the history of career courses in colleges and universities and reviews 74 reports or articles of the effectiveness of the various career courses offered in institutions of...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
This bibliography contains citations from publications or papers presented at professional meetings concerning the use of information and communication technology in the delivery of counseling and career interventions based on work...
This updated review of career course literature in 78 documents traces the history of career courses in colleges and universities and reviews 50 studies of the effectiveness of the various career courses offered in institutions of higher...
The primary purpose of this study was to highlight similarities and differences among Internet-based career information delivery systems (CIDS) so that practitioners, system developers, policy makers, and researchers may make informed...
While the existing literature suggests that expectations plan an important role in counseling and career counseling, previous studies have not systematically assessed the range of expectations for computer-assisted career guidance (CACG)...
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...
“Evidence-based practice” is a catchphrase often heard in the field of contemporary human services (Dimmitt, Carey & Hatch, 2007; Levant, 2005), but one sometimes wonders how much true understanding is associated with it. It is no small...
Prior research revealed that audiovisual presentations modeling information-seeking behavior (ISB) with vicarious reinforcement can increase engagement in career decision-making activities. This article describes a strategy for updating...
This paper is intended to be used along with information found in Design Strategies for Need-Based Internet Web Sites in Counseling and Career Services: Technical Report 28 (Sampson, Carr, Panke, Arkin, Minvielle, & Vernick, 2001)....
Much of the literature in general education is focused on the design or contents of the program, or the "supply side, while little attention has been given to students' understandings of and attitudes toward general education, the ...
Cognitive structuring was implemented by showing 30 subjects a 10-minute videotape that presented Holland's (1985) model of the world of work before they used an interactive computer assisted guidance system (DISCOVER). The effect of...
The comprehensive career course at our university has been in continuous operation since 1972. Along the way this course has taught us many things about an effective career intervention that students pay for, is cost-effective, and...
This paper analyzes civilian occupations and employment data collected by the Census Bureau in 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 with respect to six kinds of work (Holland’s RIASEC classification), occupation, employment, gender, ...
The purpose of this study was to examine the use of the Self-Directed Search: Computer Version (SDS:CV) in a university career center's service delivery and research activities. Data were collected from a sample fo 180 clients over a 16...
Experience has shown that implementation problems limit the effectiveness of computer-assisted career guidance (CACG) systems. Implementation problems generally involve planning, integration of CACG systems within career services, ...
The equivalence of three different modes of administration of the Self-Directed Search (SDS) was studied with 93 college students. Scale scores and congruence were compared for the paper, personal computer (PC), and Internet versions of...
The career decision state (CDS) is a condition of being or consciousness, a “snapshot, ” with respect to one’s present career goals. The Career State Inventory provides a total score assessing the CDS, and assesses three components of it, ...
This study examined whether or not students using an online career portfolio, including the matrix for identifying and reflecting on transferrable skills, enabled them to more effectively and confidently communicate their skills in a...
This bibliography contains citations from publications or papers presented at professional meetings concerning CIP theory, research, and practice based on work completed at Florida State University and other organizations in various...
This exploratory study was conducted to examine readers’ reactions to curricular and cocurricular learning as evidenced in an eportfolio. Structured interviews of three groups including employers, faculty, and students were conducted....
John Holland’s typological theory of persons and environments is regarded as the most influential in the field of career counseling (Brown, 2002), but this has not carried over to the field of higher education and academic advising ...
This paper primarily focuses on the use of paraprofessionals in college and university career services, including both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as persons not currently enrolled in school. However, much of what is...
The decision to seek career counseling services as an adult arises from a complex interaction of past experiences, current career development, and expectations for assistance. This study explored how these multiple motivations impact the...
Career information delivery systems (CIDS) have evolved from a rare technological innovation to a common resource in the delivery of career services. The problem is that most information in texts, training materials, and marketing...
A process evaluation of a three-credit, upper division career course offered at a southeastern university since 1974 is described. We obtained anonymous student course ratings from 219 students, or 75% of students enrolled in the class...
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 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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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