Aimed at parents of early adolescents, this book helps parents provide the skills teens need to cope with life's everyday frustrations and to make informed decisions about problems such as the stresses of homework, friendship, contending with peer pressure, and dealing with bullies. The foundation of the book is the "I Can Problem Solve" (ICPS)…

Suggests ideas for influencing the life planning of today's youth. (SB)

Only recently have educators attempted formal evaluation of their students' skills in the affective domain, which encompasses such complex areas as decision making, self-awareness, and interpersonal relations. This article presents some basic principles to assist in the teaching and evaluation of affective domain factors in student learning. (SSH)

Evaluated the extent to which similar decisions concerning student placement were made by multidisciplinary team members based on varying amounts of assessment information. Found that individuals who reviewed large amounts of information made decisions similar to those who reviewed little information. Found about half the decisions accurate.…

Data from test instruments developed to measure student progress in a decision-making approach to values education suggest that either current methods of decision-making instruction are ineffective or that the adolescent years are a stagnant period for growth in this domain. (Author/CM)

The author discusses a career decision-making program which she designed and implemented using a pyramidal model of exploration, crystallization, choice, and classification. Her article outlines the value of rigorous evaluation techniques applied by the local practitioner. (MF)

Assessed the effects of a career awareness program on the career maturity of ninth-grade students. No difference was discovered on overall career maturity between experimental and control groups. Results indicate that a developmental approach is needed that can regularly be evaluated and restructured. (JAC)

This program provides students with an assessment of their strengths and weaknesses in terms of specific functional skills, including organizing and planning, decision making, and leadership. Responses to the program indicate that students desire more self-knowledge and want educational institutions to prepare them for broad-based life activities.…

A City Building Education System uses the process of city planning to teach basic reading, writing, and math skills to children from kindergarten through junior high school and to stimulate creative thinking and problem solving abilities. (JMF)

Discusses an experimental competency-based general education program developed at Piedmont Technical College, stressing two process skills of communication and reasoning. Definition of "reasoning" is discussed and content and method for teaching a reasoning-based program are presented. (DR)

The role of parents in the decision-making process of forming an individualized education program (IEP) for their hearing impaired child is explored. Characteristics of parents in school-related roles are discussed, including the role of student or learner about their child's handicapping condition and the role of advocate for the interests of…

Using the classroom to simulate an office will motivate secretarial students to develop human relations skills, decision-making skills, and other types of important skills, according to the author. She describes minisimulations to test students' office skills and to help them develop skills of thinking, organizing, and understanding. (MF)

No longer is it enough that schools teach students to be independent thinkers. Because our democracy gives precedence to group judgment over individual conviction, independent schools need to offer students experience in forming a consensus as well. (Editor)

Presents a forum in which students can voice their concerns about the future to community decision makers. A plan is suggested for organizing a Children's Hearing through one school or a collaborative effort of several schools. Steps include data gathering and organization, analysis and synthesis, preparation for the hearing, and the hearing…

Describes the License to Lead program which is designed to increase adolescents' understanding of the ethical decision-making process and how to apply it to daily situations. Proposes that it provides an excellent opportunity for parents, schools, and community organizations to help their young people develop the attributes needed to become better…