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Schoolman, Harold M. – MOBIUS: A Journal for Continuing Education Professionals in the Health Sciences, 1982
To provide the health scientist with information when and where it is needed is an age-old problem. The impediments to its solution are intellectual, not technical or technological. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Decision Making, Information Retrieval
Download full textTucker, Susan A. – 1993
Strengths and weaknesses of prevailing evaluation models are analyzed, with attention to the role of feedback in each paradigm. A framework is then presented for analyzing issues faced by evaluators of interactive instructional technologies. The current practice of evaluation relies heavily on 3 models developed over 20 years ago: (1) the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Technology
Porush, David; Benzon, William – ADE Bulletin, 1983
Defends the role of humanities instruction in the education of engineering undergraduates in the areas of problem solving, risk taking, and the synthesis of metaphors and symbols. (AEA)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Design, Decision Making, Engineering Education
Parker, Sarah J. – 1983
The teaching of decision-making, problem-solving, and higher-order thinking skills is necessary to ensure adaptability to our world of accelerated change. Living skills in the technology and information age will include the understanding and application of higher level thinking skills, which will be the educational "basics" of tomorrow.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Convergent Thinking, Creative Thinking
Peer reviewedRouse, William B. – Information Processing and Management, 1986
Discusses what designers do, information they need, and how they might be aided, as background information for developing useful computer-aided decision systems to enhance designers' productivity. It is concluded that effectiveness of computer-assisted design systems depends on the value of the information and the flexibility of the support they…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Decision Making, Design Requirements, Designers
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; And Others – 1979
Five theoretical perspectives related to occupational choice were assessed. These were (1) Super's career development perspective, (2) Holland's typology of occupational choice, (3) status-attainment research in the field of sociology, (4) economic theory of individual willingness to work in different occupations, and (5) a model of decision…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
American Council of Life Insurance, New York, NY. – 1979
New and cheaper means of acquisition and distribution are giving individuals easier access to information. This has contributed to dissatisfaction with corporate governance and business management and is encouraging the growth of new types of interest groups that are seeking a voice in the private sector. This may lead to a reversal of the trend…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Business, Decision Making
