Resource Center: Science & Practice

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COPSystem Career Measurement

The COPSystem Career Measurement Package includes all of the materials you need to administer, score and interpret the COPS Interest Inventory, CAPS ability battery and the COPES work values survey.

Interpretation of results is organized around groupings of occupational clusters which represent the world of work.

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Career Guidance Made Easy!

Wall Charts and Pocket Charts  help identify the right occupation for your client.
The Career Briefs Kit provides specific job information in an easy and accessible format for all ages.
The Job Handbook is a useful resource for young adults who want a fun guide to help them prepare for the world of work.

Research Outline: The Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Work Values in Career Development

Intrinsic values were more highly related to positive career development than extrinsic values after a year long vocational training program designed to facilitate career exploration and development.

This research discusses how the role of work values relates to career awareness and suggests how educators and counselors could engage students in a discussion about what is important to them (e.g. high pay versus work-life balance)....Read Outline.

Research Outline: Individual and System Barriers for Job Seekers
With Disabilities

The final section of this article addresses the implications of this study for career counselors who work with adults. Here the authors provide a few systematic and program-wide suggestions to improve the manner in which services are provided to those with disabilities, by addressing the unique challenges that face this disproportionately represented group of adults in programs such as TANF and WIA....Read Outline.

Best Practices Commentary: Promising Strategies for Preventing School Dropout

When warning signs appear, early intervention is likely to reduce the chances that a student will eventually dropout. However, much research has pointed to the strong relationship between low-socioeconomic status and higher rates of school dropout.

Some of the early warning signs related to dropout are not surprising, and include disruptive or aggressive behaviors as early as kindergarten, substance abuse before 9th grade, and poor academic performance. ...Full Commentary.

Predicting Happiness Using Personality Measured by the EPQ-R

The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised (EPQ-R) was used to measure personality in a study that investigated several relationships simultaneously using path modeling techniques.

Relationships between demographics and personality factors, self-esteem, “aspects of life,” depression, and happiness, as well as various subcomponents were modeled to gain a better understanding of how each variable influences the others.....Read More.

Higher Levels of Academic Interest and Study Methods Increase Student Success

Researchers in two studies used the Study Attitudes and Methods Survey (SAMS) to examine the effects of non-traditional schedules on academic achievement and motivation. In the first study, students in a multi-year schedule were contrasted with students in a traditional schedule (Snyder, 1999). A multi-year
schedule was defined as a schedule that required students to remain with the same set of teachers for one academic year. In the second study, the SAMS was administered to students in a summer school "Step-Up" Program designed to increase self-esteem and result in improved study attitudes and therefore greater academic success (Shelton, 1998)....Read More.