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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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Picard, France; Frenette, Éric; Guay, Frédéric; Labrosse, Julie – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2015
The purpose of this research was to validate the scores of a short form of a new instrument, "l'Épreuve de décision vocationnelle, forme scolaire" (EDV-9S; vocational assessment test), which measures six indecision-related problems (lack of self-knowledge, lack of readiness, lack of method in decision making, lack of information,…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Career Choice, Test Reliability, Item Response Theory
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Bagheri, Afsaneh; Pihie, Zaidatol Akmaliah Lope – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2014
This study examines the relationships among attitude toward entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, subjective norms, social valuation of entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial intentions and how gender affects the relationships. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the responses obtained from 719 Malaysian students across five…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Entrepreneurship
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Praskova, Anna; Creed, Peter A.; Hood, Michelle – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2013
Goal engagement in young adults is variable. We recruited university students to test whether general personal characteristics (educational ability, core self-evaluations, and well-being; study 1, N = 195) and career adaptive variables (career confidence, exploration, and planning; study 2, N = 152) facilitated career goal engagement. Goal…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Individual Characteristics, Academic Ability, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Koivuluhta, Merja; Puhakka, Helena – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2013
This study utilizes structured group counselling and a dialogical approach to develop a group counselling intervention for students beginning a computer science education. The study assesses the outcomes of group counselling from the standpoint of the development of the students' self-observation. The research indicates that group counselling…
Descriptors: College Students, Group Counseling, Case Studies, Intervention
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Penttinen, Leena; Vesisenaho, Mikko – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2013
Uncertainty about future career prospects has increased enormously for students enrolled in higher education Information Technology (IT) programs. However, many computer science programmes pay little attention to career counselling. This article reports the results of a pilot study intended to develop group counselling for IT students to promote…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Information Technology, Career Counseling
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Sidiropoulou-Dimakakou, Despina; Mylonas, Kostas; Argyropoulou, Katerina – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2008
The aim of this study was to describe the hexagonal person-environment fit for the Holland personality types for a Greek sample of 156 university students. The statistical analysis followed both exploratory--such as multidimensional scaling--and confirmatory methods--such as covariance structure models. These methods were employed in an…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Foreign Countries, College Students, Multidimensional Scaling