ACT research report: DISCOVER and the counselor--Their effects upon college student career planning progress

Abstract

Chapter 1 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON COMPUTER-BASED GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS By the mid-sixties, the computer had proven its effec tiveness in business and government and was begin ning to do so in education. Early conceptualization of its use in career development was independently pursued by three career guidance theorists. Donald E. Super, in collaboration with Frank Minor of IBM, designed and implemented the Education and Career Exploration System (ECES), which used student grades, ability measures, and interest assessments to suggest occupations for exploration. It helped students do this exploration by providing printed occupational descriptions and work task simulations on slides under computer control.

The Separate and Combined Effects of SIGI or DISCOVER and a Career Planning Course on Undecided University Students

“…Generally, research has suggested that DISCOVER and SIC1 are effective in facilitating student career development (Fukuyama, Probert, Neimeyer, Nevill, & Metzler. 1988; Garis & Bowlsbey, 1984; Kapes, Borman, & Frazier, 1986;Rayman, Bryson, & Bowlsbey, 1978;Sampson & Stripling, 1979). While initial research regarding the effectiveness of computer-assisted guidance systems has been promising, the need continues for additional research concerning the effectiveness of very popular systems such as DISCOVER and SIGI in specific settings, in use with other career interventions, and with various student populations.…”

A new fuzzy logic based career guidance system: WEB-CGS

“…Since the 1960s, CACG systems have resulted in very effective and efficient results in this field [5]. Some outstanding studies on CACG systems have been introduced in [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. Experimental researches relating to the effect of such systems on the self-efficacy of career decision have been indicated in [6,[12][13][14].…”

The effect of using a computer assisted career guidance system on career development attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors in students

“…Previous studies (Garls & Harrls-Bowlsbey, 1984, Rozman & Kahl, 1984 have used samples of students that would tend to benefit from the use of a computer assisted career guidance system (e.g., entering non-declared freshmen or students screened as having a need for career planning assistance). These types of individuals were intended to benefit from the use of SIGI-PLUS.…”

“…Garls and Harrls-Bowlsbey (1984) supported the need for future research comparing the effectiveness of specific sections of computer based systems In addition to present research which has considered the system as a whole. Future studies should address the short term/long term intent of specific sections of SIGI-PLUS.…”

“…Measurement of behavioral effects may not be appropriate during a short term study. Garls and Harrls-Bowlsbey (1984) pointed out the need for longitudinal research to determine whether DISCOVER users learned career choice processes that could be reused at later points. Rozman and Kahl (1984) also recommended followup studies of students using DISCOVER to assess attrition rates, academic achievement and career related behavior.…”