Relation of biographical inventory responses to curricular choice and academic success

Lathrop, Robert L.

doi:10.31274/rtd-180813-3028

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“…-13-Similarly, Laurent (1951) constructed and keyed a BIB with which he was able to identify early life experiences that differentiated among engineers, lawyers, and physicians. Life history correlates of career-oriented and homemaking-oriented female college students were found in BIB items used by Vetter and Lewis (1964), while Lathrop (1957) had successfully used a BIB to discriminate between students in business administration and industrial engineering curricula at an Iowa college.…”

Section: Vocational and Curriculum Choicementioning

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The Biographical Information Blank as a Predictor of Student Achievement and Vocational Choice: A Review

Freeberg¹

1966

ETS Research Bulletin Series

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This paper reviews literature dealing with use of the biographical information blank (BIB) among student populations. The studies are considered under the four criterion areas of scholastic grades, creative achievement, persistence in school, and vocational or curriculum choice. Substantial areas of disagreement in application and utility of the BIB as a predictor remain based upon choice of educational criteria and the content of the BIB itself.

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Section: Vocational and Curriculum Choicementioning

confidence: 99%