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Article: Effects of DISCOVER on the career maturity of middle school students
- Article from:
- Career Development Quarterly
- Article date:
- December 1, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright American Counseling Association Dec 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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This study evaluated the effects of DISCOVER (American College Testing [ACT], 1991), a computer-assisted career guidance system, on the career maturity of 38 students (22 girls and 16 boys) enrolled in a rural middle school. Students randomly assigned to the treatment group worked with DISCOVER for approximately 1 hour a day over a 2-week period, whereas students in the control group did not have access to the DISCOVER program. Results indicated significant gains in career maturity among students in the treatment group (p < .05).
Although computer-assisted career guidance (CACG) systems are widely used in schools and universities, evaluations of the effects of CACG on the career ...