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Bailis, Pamela; Hunter, Madeline – Learning, 1985
A teacher's choice of words can have a powerful effect on students' depth of thinking. Words can be either "think stoppers" or "think starters." A strategy to help students become responsible thinkers is suggested, and several classroom situations are evaluated to show how thinking can be encouraged. (MT)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques, Decision Making, Discipline
Herlong, Ann – Quill and Scroll, 1985
Describes how an adviser can help newspaper staff balance decisions between what they can do and what they ought to do in terms of publication decisions. (CRH)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethical Instruction, Freedom of Speech, Journalism Education
Peer reviewedPhipps, Ronald A. – College and University, 1979
A readmission policy for students who were academically dismissed at Salisbury State College is described. The policy allows the student to make the decision of whether or not to return as a matriculated student the next semester. A description of the process and an analysis of the consequences are presented. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, College Admission, College Students, Decision Making
Peer reviewedBaumgardner, Steve R. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1982
Examines sources of disillusionment and uncertainty in college students' career thinking. Suggests effective vocational counseling may be analogous to survival training. Discusses essential ingredients for career survival including self-responsibility, awareness of values, work knowledge, and work experience. (RC)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning, College Students
Download full textFeldmann, Ellen; Messerli, Carma – 1995
For some students with mild or moderate disabilities, postsecondary education might include attendance at a community college, technical school, or 4-year college. From 1978 to 1991, the percentage of full-time college freshmen reporting disabilities more than tripled, with visual impairments and learning disabilities making up half the…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Students, Decision Making, Disabilities
Jensen, Jacquie; And Others – 1991
Activities and exercises to enhance student leadership are included in this curriculum guide for middle-level student leaders and their advisors. Because students in intermediate grades are not "little high school students," this separate leadership curriculum guide for middle-level student leaders was developed. Although the achieved skills are…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Decision Making, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Diffily, Deborah; Sassman, Charlotte – 2002
Applied Learning projects are ventures whereby students connect school work to the real world and direct their own learning. This book describes how to use Applied Learning projects with students in kindergarten through second grade. Chapter 1 of the book describes the characteristics of Applied Learning projects and discusses the place of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Decision Making, Documentation, Elementary School Students
