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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Benefits of Career and Technical Student Organizations' on Female and Racial Minority Students' Psychosocial and Achievement Outcomes
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Aragon, Steven R.; Alfeld, Corinne; Hansen, David M. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent do CTSOs affect student psychosocial and achievement outcomes (above and beyond stand-alone CTE programs) when controlling for gender and race. Using a cross-sectional descriptive research design, a total of 5,677 students from 10 states were surveyed regarding their high school…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Student Organizations, Academic Achievement
Inside the Black Box: Exploring the Value Added by Career and Technical Student Organizations to Students' High School Experience
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Alfeld, Corinne; Hansen, David M.; Aragon, Steven R.; Stone, James R., III – Career and Technical Education Research, 2006
This study explored the hypothesis that Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSOs) provide a variety of experiences that either directly or indirectly affect three important outcomes of secondary education: achievement, transition to postsecondary education and training, and employability. A pre-post-test comparison study of high school…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Self Efficacy, Motivation, Student Organizations