Peer Pressure Reversal, a way of teaching children to say no and still "save face" with their friends, is described. (MT)

Investigated the use of in basket simulation as a laboratory for administrator training, explored the effect of an audiotutorial decision curriculum on decision-making proficiency, and examined the effect of the training methodology on administrator's attitudes toward the constructs initiating structure and consideration. Assessed students'…

The Trade-Offs series focusing on economics in the daily life of students was found to be effective in teaching decision-making skills to 312 gifted students in grades five and six. Teacher and student comments further indicated satisfaction with the program. (CL)

Teachers of business law have many opportunities to integrate basic economic principles into their business law classes and therefore contribute to students' economic as well as legal literacy. Discusses a number of specific learning activities resources. (JOW)

Discusses some common pitfalls in problem-solving and outlines three basic approaches to successfully identifying problems and their causes. (Available from Business Horizons, School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47401; $2.50, single copy) (Author/JG)

Describes a computer-assisted method for teaching administrative decision-making that presents a problem in such a way that the student must make a series of decisions and deal with the consequences of these decisions. (AK)

Findings are consistent with the hypothesis of an input processing deficit in autistic children. Autistic children were insensitive to differences in the structures present and tended to impose their own simple stereotyped patterns. Normal children imposed such patterns in the absence of structured input only. Paper reports work which has been…

Tests the hypothesis that 14-year-olds do not differ from persons defined by law as adults in their capacity to provide competent informed consent and refusal for medical and psychological treatment. Results obtained from 96 subjects (ages 9, 14, 18, and 21) support this assumption. (MP)

Presents a flow chart for turning good ideas into complete proposals before proposing them. The process involves clarifying the idea and assessing its current practicality, value for the program, compatibility with policy, implications, costs, funding sources, and implementation time requirements. (PGD)

Encourages business teachers to advocate the private enterprise system and to attempt to present a totally balanced input of information so that students will have a sound basis for forming reasonable and fair attitudes. Presents suggested subjects for classroom discussion on economics, government, and labor.(CT)

Presents the Sharing, Narrowing, Agreeing, Recording/Reporting, Evaluating (SNARE) Method for making group decisions. (JM)

Research and a literature review suggest that nurses lack skills for effective clinical decision making. An educational program that facilitated development of critical thinking focused on four qualities: determining accuracy of information, determining bias, identifying inconsistencies in reasoning, and evaluating the strength of an argument. (SK)

Discusses the evolution of public involvement in public management. Explains the theory that the degree of group involvement desirable in making a decision depends on the need for quality and acceptability in the eventual decision. (Author/JOW)

States that similarities between education and other services may not be sufficient to conclude that services marketing methods can be easily transferred to all markets in higher education. Article identifies and discusses why higher education marketing is a particular challenge. Suggests that understanding these challenges can help in making…

Ethical maturity and behavior are of great concern to all educators, firms, and investors, and even more so in a recession. This research surveyed managers and employees in the retail environment to measure their Personal Business Ethics Scores (PBES) to see if age, education, and management experience makes a difference in making more ethical…