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State Univ. of New York, Albany. Office of the Regents. – 1976
This discussion guide will help groups of teachers, parents, and high school students learn about the importance of values and the role of education in the study of values. Several techniques are presented by which educators can design classroom experiences around the process of valuing. A major objective of the guide is to assure parents of the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Discussion Groups, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. Malcolm Price Lab. School. – 1977
This law-focused resource booklet is intended to help secondary level students learn about the civil law portion of Iowa's judicial system. The materials are designed to help students understand how to deal with conflict in a peaceful and orderly manner and how to cope with decision making in personal law situations as related to the family, the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Competency Based Education, Course Content, Crime
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1978
A report is presented of a national assessment of young Americans' achievement of citizenship goals. Conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the study measured achievement of six behavioral objectives. These were: (1) show concern for the well-being and dignity of others, (2) support just law and the rights of all…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Groups, Citizen Participation, Citizenship
Kaplan, Leslie S. – 1978
Peer counseling in high schools provides a developmental growth opportunity for adolescents as well as a valuable outreach service for the Guidance Office. Through intensive small group experience and training, selected students gain insight into their own ideas, needs, and values. They also learn more effective interpersonal and decision making…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Skills, Decision Making Skills, High School Students
Jahoda, Gerald; And Others – 1975
An instructional module designed to help librarians learn to identify and negotiate reference questions is presented and discussed. The instructional module consists of an essay on performance of negotiation as a decision-making step in the reference process, and exercises for identification of queries that should be negotiated. A videotape which…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Higher Education, Information Science, Information Services
Regional Learning Service of Central New York, Syracuse. – 1975
Faculty representatives from five postsecondary institutions having human service/human ecology programs and two members of the Regional Learning Service staff comprised a task force whose objectives were to identify competencies acquired through home management which relate to undergraduate course objectives, to recommend ways to assess these,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making Skills, Experiential Learning
Saunders, Phillip – 1971
Because the economy is such an integral part of our social fabric, the inclusion of an economics program in K-12 curriculum is crucial in a contemporary social studies program. Most economic studies currently being "learned" are wrong, however, and must be changed. A strong case for the teaching of basic analytical skills rather than a…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills, Economic Research
Hartoonian, H. Michael – 1972
An overview relative to the task of education in social studies curriculum describes three perceptions: social action, which emphasizes development of skills in exerting influence in political and community affairs; social study, which suggests that history and the social sciences be used to give student conceptual frameworks through which they…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills, Educational Objectives
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. National Advisory Council on Supplementary Centers and Services. – 1973
This collection of articles looks at projects which have attempted to deal with change in the school organization. Some projects have succeeded in defining, shaping, and refining what happens in the school; others, less successful or unworkable, have been rejected. In either case, the administrator and his entire organization have become more…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Computer Oriented Programs
Elstein, Arthur S.; Shulman, Lee S. – 1971
A method for studying medical reasoning in a life-like setting is reported. Simulated medical problems, amplified by concurrent thinking aloud, episodic retrospection during the work-up, and videotape-stimulated retrospection, are used to obtain records of the behavior and reasoning physicians use to solve diagnostic problems. The fundamental…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Measurement, Critical Thinking, Data Analysis
Bella Vista Elementary School, Salt Lake City, UT. – 1971
This booklet was produced for teachers in the hope that the philosophy of multiple talents, and productive thinking will be an aid in the development of future citizens. In the introduction, Calvin W. Taylor discusses talents as the central focus in all classrooms, new tests for identifying important talents heretofore neglected, and the need of a…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Communication Skills, Convergent Thinking, Creative Development
KEITH, PAT M.; SMITH, LOUIS M. – 1967
THE DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION OF SOCIOPSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SCHOOL DESIGN WERE INVESTIGATED BY FOCUSING ON THE IMPACT OF A UNIQUELY DESIGNED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING, THE KENSINGTON SCHOOL. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO SYNTHESIZE ROLE THEORY, DECISION MAKING THEORY, SOCIAL SYSTEM THEORY, AND SUCH PROBLEM AREAS AS STAFF PEER GROUPS, EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Facilities Design, Experimental Schools, Group Behavior
Smith, David Allan – 1976
Information on the development and testing of a model of spatial diffusion and adoption of an agricultural innovation is presented. The data concern the practice of artificial insemination of cattle in southern Sweden. The model is intended to predict the time at which adoption occurred in terms of the time at which the innovation became available…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Case Studies, Data Analysis
Schultz, James V.; And Others – 1976
This document describes the involvement of the Individually Guided Education/Secondary Project (IGE/S) with a Wisconsin middle school from March 1975 to June 1976. The guiding purpose was to conceptualize and implement a change process that would aid schools to become IGE places of learning. A sequence of change operations was followed and the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Decision Making Skills
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1976
Career guidance techniques in this package focus on the competency area of decisionmaking skills. The package is one of eight, each covering one of the following career guidance competencies that were identified and validated as needed by teachers to assist in the career development of their students: Valuing, decisionmaking, lifestyle, community…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Career Development, Career Education, Classroom Techniques
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