DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED CAREER GUIDANCE INFORMATION
SYSTEM
ABSTRACT
Computers are known for their wide
range of uses especially in scientific and mathematical fields. However little or no thought has been given
to designing a complete career guidance information system.
This
system is designed in order to implement intelligence test on a computer
system. It tries as much as possible to
incorporate the important aspect of intelligence on a wide scale. It is designed to test intelligence of
secondary school leavers using the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE)
and the University Matriculation Examination (UME) as a standardized sample,
and as such the Psychological implication of such a design is very important.
The
design of the system is quite simple and easily understood. Its flexibility makes it amenable for future
changes and amendment to either incorporate other aspects of intelligence or to
be designed for any other school age or class.
The
question of the intelligence test are programmed and visually displayed on the
system’s screen in an interactive form. The student answers the question on the
computer system.
The
results obtained from the test give an estimate on user’s (student)
intelligence quotient (IQ). This is equally
displayed and tells the student in what category he/she falls within. The result of the test is also displayed of
the end of the test which goes a long way to lesson the fears of students that
they were marked down in the examination.
ORGANISATION OF WORK
This project work is grouped into different chapters.
CHAPTER ONE
deals with the introduction, statement of problem, purpose of study, aims and
objectives, scope and delimitation, limitation and definition of terms.
CHAPTER TWO is
the review of the related literature.
CHAPTER THREE
is the description and analysis of the existing system which includes fasts
finding method used objectives of the existing system, input, process and
output specification, information flow diagram, problems of the existing system
justification of the new system.
CHAPTER FOUR
is the design of the new system, which consists of output specification and
design, input specification and design, file design, procedure chart, system
flow chart, system requirements.
Include program design, program flow
chart, source program, test run.
CHAPTER SIX is
the documentation
CHAPTER SEVEN
which is the final, consist of the recommendation, conclusion, appendices,
references.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title Page i
Approval Page ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract vi
Organization of work viii
Table of content ix
CHAPTER ONE
1.0
Introduction 1
1.1 background
of study 1
1.2
statement
of problem 2
1.3
aims
and objective 3
1.4
delimitation 4
1.5
scope 4
1.6
limitation 5
1.7
definition 5
CHAPTER TWO
2.0
review
of the related literature 6
CHAPTER THREE
3.0
description
and analysis of the existing system 9
3.1 facts
finding method 13
3.2
objectives
of the existing system 14
3.3
input,
process and output specification 14
3.4
information
flow diagram 18
3.5
problems
of the existing system 19
3.6
justification
for the new system 19
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0
design
for the new system 20
4.1 input
specification and design 20
4.2
output
specification and design 20
4.3
file
design 21
4.4
procedure
chart 22
4.5
system
flowchart 23
4.6
system
requirement 31
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0
implementation 34
5.1 program
design 34
5.2
program flowchart 35
CHAPTER SIX
6.0
documentation 37
6.1 loading
computer based intelligence test system (cbits) 37
6.2
executing
the intelligence test system (cbits) 38
CHAPTER SEVEN
7.0
Recommendation 46
7.1 References. 48
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1
BACKGROUND OF STUDY:
In the past,
ability tests were used in admitting students into University and professional
schools, for instance the scholastic aptitude test, which measure, both
aptitude and achievement, (the aptitude test measures accomplished skills &
indicate what a person can do at present, while the achievements test predicts
what a person can accomplished with training).
But the
essential requirements for any test include reliability, validity and uniform
testing procedure. The test which
measure general intelligence ability are often called “Career Test”.
Intelligence
test are usually designed and implemented for a group of people to access the
nature and course of mental development, intellectual and non-intellectual
personality differences associated with age, sex & facial membership,
differences that might be attributed to hereditary or to environmental factors,
differences among persons at different occupational levels and among their
children, intellectual and others traits of a typical group such as the
mentally gifted, the mentally retorted, the neurotic and the psychotic.
The topic Career
Guidance information system is geared towards selecting careers for candidates
who wish to further their education to Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges
of Education.
1.2
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
A critical look at the operations of
the west African Examination council, the organization of (SSCE) show that a
part of their examination comes as an objectives questions and the answers are
expected to be shaded on a computer answer sheets and marked by the computer,
where as the theory section of the examination, which of course carries the
greatest mark, is to be marked by WAEC examiners, leaving much to be desired
especially in the Nigerian context of it.
Move so, in
admitting students into higher schools differences attributed to hereditary or
to environmental factors, differences among persons at different occupation
levels and among their children; and facial membership may lead to bias,
instead of admitting qualified students, unqualified students may also be
admitted. The delay in the release of the SSCE and UME result causes anxiety on
the student that participated in the examination.
1.3
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The prime objectives of this topic “Career
Guidance Information system is to enhance the and guide prospective JAMB
students to choose their career in Universities, polytechnics and colleges of
Education. This system enables an individual
to access the pre-requisites required to enroll into a particular course.
The project aims at an improved
situation where the UME and SSCE examination will be matched to ascertain the
who goes for what course.
The use of the computer system to
achieve this is our area of concentration.
1.4
DELIMITATION:
This work is designed for solely assisting
candidates to select their career in high institutions visa vis their SSCE
results.
1.5
THE SCOPE OF THE WORK:
The scope of this work is to outline
the practical uses of the computer system in the area of Career Guidance.
1.6
LIMITATION:
Due to time constraint we were unable to extend our
research to cover other subject.
1.7
DEFINITION OF FORMS:
INTELLIGENCE: The power of learning, understanding seeing and knowing.
CHRONOLOGICAL AGE (CA): The actual age of a
parent.
MENTAL AGE (MA): Is the person level of understanding measured is terms of
the average age of children having the same standard.
FLOPPY DISKETTE: Is a this plastic located with an aperture that allows a
rend /write head to access the diskette
VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT: Is the screen
in form of (TV) Television component.
Both input and output are displayed there.
INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT: Express the measure of mental age (MA) to
chronological age (CA).