The Affective Involvement Instrument (AII) describes and classifies affective involvement in the process of decision-making as it occurs during classroom activities such as role-playing or group discussions. The thirty-celled instrument behaviorizes the six processes involved in decision-making and combines them with the taxonomic levels of the…

Maintains that liberal education can prepare individuals to make wise personal decisions. Points out that the study of geography can contribute to liberal education by helping students appreciate other values, evaluate evidence, communicate ideas clearly, and think analytically. (Author/DB)

Analyzes attitudinal differences between elite decision-makers and their subordinates, based on a several-year study of eight executives. Concludes that elite decision-makers evaluate situations in terms of "problem impact," view their jobs in relation to broad corporate goals, favor quick decisions, and tend to be "positive thinkers." (JG)

Problem solving and decision making are considered to be keys to successful management. A normative method for problem solving is presented, suggesting that the analysis of the problem be structured along a five-step procedure: problem identification, analysis, decision alternatives, decision making, and decision implementation. Follow-up…

Author believes that the application of the Decision-Making Model to the removal of "discrepancies" allows the teachers and other school agents to proceed with changes in an orderly and rational manner. (Author)

This article focuses upon the role of decision-making in the schools as a vehicle for drug abuse prevention. Decision-making is examined as a process that may be structured to make learning meaningful and give youngsters the skills and resources necessary to face up to the social pressures involved in the spread of drug abuse. (Author)

Background: Drug use has been noted among students in Taiwan during the past decade and schools have a role in preventing or delaying students' drug use. We developed and evaluated a school-based, drug-use prevention program integrating the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and life skills for junior high school students. Methods: We recruited 441…

This edited volume provides an overview of the latest advancements in adaptive training technology. Intelligent tutoring has been deployed for well-defined and relatively static educational domains such as algebra and geometry. However, this adaptive approach to computer-based training has yet to come into wider usage for domains that are less…

Participatory action research advocates for teachers, parents and others to engage in practical inquiry as part of their everyday work for the purpose of improvement. Findings from this project affirm that a collaborative community of researchers, one in which the participants can critically analyse and transform their own situations, can have a…

Roughly 54 million people with disabilities live in the U.S., and there are many more millions of people with disabilities around the world. Not surprisingly, differences among and between people with disabilities are often as notable as differences between people with and without disabilities. While the lack of homogeneity among people with…

The main aim of the Decisions projects is to illustrate, through group work, some of the features of decision making in the business world. The exercises take as their starting point real problems confronting an oil company, and use real data as the basis for problem solving and decision making. (Author)

Presents a method of solving decision problems in conditions of incomplete knowledge of the probabilities of the states of nature. It uses all available information in order to delimit the region of ignorance as closely as possible. (Author)

The purpose of this learning module developed at the University of Houston is to aid the prospective teacher in defining problems so that decision making can be handled in a flexible manner. The student is presented with five situations and asked to define the problem from the point of view of the student, the teacher, and the parent. The module…

Discusses the implications of a planning and decision concept, "Ideal Displacement." Cautions administrators that the process by which alternatives are developed, weighted, and selected has a profound impact on the quality of the decision. (MLF)