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Wales, Charles E.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1986
Defines education's new paradigm as schooling based on decision making, the critical thinking skills serving it, and the knowledge base supporting it. Outlines a model decision-making process using a hypothetical breakfast problem; a late riser chooses goals, generates ideas, develops an action plan, and implements and evaluates it. (4 references)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education