Identifying a school counseling research agenda: a Delphi study.(Counselor Preparation)

From: Counselor Education and Supervision | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: Dimmitt, Carey; Carey, John C.; McGannon, Wendy; Henningson, Ivar | Copyright information

The authors conducted a Delphi study to identify important research questions regarding school counseling. During 3 consecutive rounds of e-mail queries, an expert panel of 21 school counseling educators and practitioners were asked to identify the goals of school counseling research, develop specific research questions, and rate the importance of the questions. The highest rated research questions concerned school counseling interventions that have an impact on academic achievement...

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