Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Spring 1973

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

School Administration

Committee Chair

Dan A. Unruh

Second Committee Member

Ted Cooper

Third Committee Member

George C. Grossman

Abstract

This paper is a report of a study investigating the potential of the Vocational Preference Inventory as an instrument to predict the probable effectiveness of students preparing to be teachers. The Vocational Preference Inventory was given to effective teachers and to student teachers who were rated most and least effective by their college supervisors. The resultant profiles from the Vocational Preference Inventory scores were compared. The profiles and the profile interpretations of the effective teachers and the most effective student teachers were much more similar than those of the effective teachers and the least effective student teachers.

It is strongly recommended that more extensive research be conducted.

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