Assessing Effectiveness of DISCOVER in a Small Campus Career Development Program.
Robert B. Campbell · 1983
To test the effectiveness of the DISCOVER computer-based career development system, a study evaldated the improvement of college students' scores on three instruments. The Survey of Career Development, an Information-Seeking Behavior Log, and a Self-Assessment of Confidence and Progress in Educational/Career Planning were administered as pre-and post-treatment indicators to two treatment groups and a control group. One treatment group used the DISCOVER system with no additional treatment, the second group participated in a five-week Career Expleration Workshop and used DISCOVER in conjunction with the workshop. Significant positive results were obtained on seven of the nine scores calculated, indicating that DISCOVER seemed to have a beneficial effect on college students' career planning.