The impact of CHOICES as a function of counsellor intervention, academic ability and sex
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1983
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Williams, Peter
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of the CHOICES program combined with varying degrees of counsellor intervention, two levels of student academic ability and sex differences on career maturity, ability to use the CHOICES computer terminal efficiently, and subject perception of the usefulness of the CHOICES program. Thirty-two male and thirty-two female grade eleven students, classified as high and low-ability subjects on the basis of academic performance during the previous academic year, served as subjects for the study. Career maturity was measured by the Career Maturity Inventory (CMI), ability to use the CHOICES computer terminal was measured by assessing the student's error rate and student perceived satisfaction was measured by a questionnaire.
The results indicated that only high-academic ability female students obtained higher career maturity scores following treatment. Results of the ability to use the terminal data indicated that female students made fewer errors than male students. A significant interaction between academic ability and sex on student perceived satisfaction indicated greater perceived benefits by low academic ability female and high-academic ability male students in using the CHOICES program.
Recommendations for future research, implications for counsellors and career educators, and limitations of the present study were discussed.