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Turner, Elaine – 1978
This document provides teaching guidelines and student material for a unit intended for use in high school business, consumer, or home economics programs. Time allotment is from four to six hours of classroom time. The objective of this capsule is to help students determine the financial institution that would best meet their needs. The student…
Descriptors: Banking, Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Education
PDF pending restorationHughes, Francis P. – 1979
In an examination designed by a medical specialty board, six tests were administered to groups of candidates for certification to investigate the feasibility of using videotapes of doctor-patient interactions to assess candidates' ability to note signs of potential physical disorders during a patient's physical examination and history taking, and…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Assessment, Equated Scores, Graduate Medical Students
Boocock, Sarane S., Ed.; Schild, E.O., Ed. – 1968
Simulation games serve many functions, but the important one to educators is that they present the student player with a real-life situation allowing him to use his knowledge and abilities while discovering decision-making skills for himself. To provide a basic reference on simulation gaming, essays on various aspects of games were collected from…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Counseling, Decision Making Skills, Economics
Download full textNeimark, Edith D. – 1968
In a test the presence or absence of a "structure" in the individual's cognitive processes of formal operations thinking, 61 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students were administered three tasks supposedly requiring such a method of thinking. The three tasks were (1) a problem solving task (PS), (2) a chemistry task requiring a certain combination…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
Harris, Roma M.; Highlen, Pamela S. – 1977
The relationship between external reinforcement of behavior and depression is explored. Specifically, the psychological study measures the role of cognition in depression by comparing decision-making problems, lack of assertiveness, and perceptions of control in male and female undergraduate college students and psychiatric patients. It was…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis
Massialas, Byron G. – 1976
To meet the condition of society that Toffler calls "overchoice," schools must redirect their role and provide a program that enables children and youth to develop and sharpen their decision-making skills--cognitive, evaluative, participatory, normative, and affective. All these skills can be developed and refined in the natural settings within…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Daily Living Skills, Decision Making Skills, Educational Environment
Gillespie, Judith A.; Lazarus, Stuart – 1975
Designed to be an integral part of the second-semester "Comparing Political Experiences" course, this skills kit provides supplementary student activities for four documentary "Political Issues" units. The kit is divided into three sections on skills. The analytical skill section provides exercises on six analytical skills…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Decision Making Skills, Grade 12, Inquiry
Carroll, K. – 1970
This entry program is based on the following general purposes: (a) to help students formulate their professional decisions regarding grade level and/or subject area and to make tentative long-range plans on the basis of that decision; (b) to help students develop observational skills which enable them to analyze and evaluate teaching-learning…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Education Courses
Keutzer, Carolin; And Others – 1969
A 2-week laboratory learning experience was held for a group of 35 strangers who were to comprise the entire staff of a new high school. The general objective was to promote an effective social system characterized by (1) a high degree of proficiency in communication, decisionmaking, problem-solving, and conflict management; and (2) an atmosphere…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict Resolution, Decision Making Skills, Experiments
Kissinger, Joan – 1973
This paper presents a kindergarten teacher's attempt to implement a process kindergarten curriculum which emphasizes the three skills of perceiving, creating, and decision-making. The experiences, materials, displays, books, and projects used in the curriculum are described. For each skill area, specific dimensions of focus are defined: (1)…
Descriptors: Body Image, Cooking Instruction, Creative Development, Curriculum Development
Jacobs, T. O. – 1973
The development of leadership evaluation procedures has been impeded by the same obstacles that have slowed the development of soft skills systems engineering techniques. Problems include the difficulty of finding a "true expert", the general lack of clarity concerning ultimate criterion measures, and the fact that leadership skills are…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Decision Making Skills, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Mathews, Walter M. – 1973
A survey investigated the use of seven computerized decision-science techniques in public school systems. A stratified random sample of 128 12-grade school districts of varying sizes was drawn; a questionnaire was sent to the respective superintendents asking them to report the current and potential applications of the following techniques in…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Critical Path Method, Decision Making
Myers, Roger A.; And Others – 1972
This report traces the earliest field trials and later developments of the Educational and Career Exploration System (ECES), a computer-based learning environment to be used as a part of the educational and vocational guidance services in secondary schools. ECES includes a set of experiences in which the student considers his own educationally and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Peer reviewedDiller, Christine; Glessner, Barbara – Journal of Reading, 1988
Describes a multidisciplinary reading-science health unit on substance abuse designed for seventh graders. Finds a high level of interest and involvement as students become more informed about substance abuse and better prepared to make critical decisions. (NH)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills
Lynch, Ross K.; Maki, Dennis R. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1981
Suggests a trait-factor approach to vocational rehabilitation that focuses on development of problem-solving and decision-making skills, accomodates a diverse client population, and centers on specific problems amenable to measurement. Offers a structured, systematic framework for the counselor that is congruent with the vocational rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Counselor Client Relationship
