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Peer reviewedCargile, Aaron Castelan; Giles, Howard – Language & Communication, 1997
Notes that the study of language attitudes is rich in a history stretching across several decades and social scientific disciplines. Points out that beliefs about language use can bias social interaction and decision making and that more study is required to increase understanding of the language attitude process. (74 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Bias, Change Strategies, Decision Making
Download full textClark, Christopher M.; Lampert, Magdalene – 1985
The authors claim that the principal contribution of research on teacher thinking is enrichment of understanding of what teachers know and what teaching entails. Studies of teacher planning, decision making, knowledge, and theorizing can be used to provide prospective teachers with a realistically complex picture of the cognitive aspects of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Educational Research
Karlin, Allen J. – 1980
This paper is an account of the theoretical and practical underpinnings of the Decision-Proposal Modification Coding System (DPM), which allows researchers to study more accurately the many aspects of group decision making in organizations. Following an introduction that reviews and supports arguments for process-oriented research on decision…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Decision Making, Group Dynamics
Peer reviewedCedersund, Elisabet; Svensson, Lennart G. – Language and Education, 1996
Describes a study of class assessment meetings in Swedish secondary schools, focusing on communicative practices in these meetings, how interactional patterns are reproduced by the participants in the meetings, and how these patterns are linked to the social organization of schools. Findings indicate that time constraints and a standardized agenda…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Decision Making, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedAiken, Milam; Riggs, Mary – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1993
A computer-based group decision support system (GDSS) to increase collaborative group productivity and creativity is explained. Various roles for the computer are identified, and implementation of GDSS systems at the University of Mississippi and International Business Machines are described. The GDSS is seen as fostering productivity through…
Descriptors: Adults, Brainstorming, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs
Riley, Roberta D.; Robinson, Bryan E. – 1980
According to legislation, a teacher center governing board should be composed of a majority of elementary and secondary teachers, including those from the special and the vocational fields; representatives from local institutions of higher education; and the school board. A simulation game, designed to provide board members with an understanding…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance
