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Interest Explorer and Iowa Tests of Educational Development®
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Details
Summary
The Interest Explorer is a career guidance and counseling instrument
designed
to help students make wise educational and career-planning
decisions. Specifically,
it provides information about students' interests
in 14 career areas
that are directly
linked to the most recent publications
of the Department of Labor,
including the Guide
for Occupational Exploration
(GOE).
Students respond to a number of activity-related statements representing
a
wide
range of occupations. These statements survey students' preferences in
careers,
school subject areas, and general opportunities (such as working with
others).
The Interest Explorer is designed to assist all students in developing
more awareness
about how their interests relate to future education and to possible
careers.
Levels
Level 1 of the Interest Explorer is designed to be used with students in
junior
high
(grades 8—9) to help them with introductory career exploration and high
school course
selection. When an interest inventory is given at this level, it can
help students establish educational goals. Students who have goals at an
early age tend to remain in school
longer. They also can begin to understand that
there is a connection
between what they
study in school and the world of work. Items for Level 1 are written at
a fifth grade (maximum) reading level.
Level 2 is designed to be used with students in high school (grades
9—12), and provides
them with an opportunity for advanced career exploration. It is also
designed to help them
make decisions for future education based on a more specific
understanding of themselves
and the world of work. Items for Level 2
are also written at a fifth
grade (maximum) reading
level.
Administration
Designed to be used in conjunction with the Iowa Tests of Educational
Development,
Interest Explorer is designed for group administration and
requires less
than one class
period.
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