A survey of 32 displaced agricultural workers and 19 prospective employers identified the education and training perceived necessary by both groups to gain employment in desired occupations. Results indicate that educational efforts should teach problem-solving and decision-making skills as well as technical skills. (CH)

Finds that 44 seventh graders in an American Indian boarding school responded successfully to about half the scenarios on the modified Decision Making Instrument, had similar success rates for scenarios with health or social foci, but showed different patterns of error for health and social decisions. Contains 19 references. (SV)

A two-step procedure for making moral and ethical decisions in professional situations involves identifying obligations, ideals, and potential effects, and assessing the relative weights of all considerations. Two cases illustrate the application of the procedure by outdoor leaders. (SV)

Suggests that when choosing one's actions in many real world contexts, bare-bone tactics work at least as well as complex statistical formulas. Also, simple strategies wring insight out of shifting environments with much greater ease than do intricate probability equations. (CCM)

Study surveys the selection practices of group leaders. Explores methods of selection, variables used to make selection decisions, and the types of selection errors that leaders have experienced. Results suggest that group leaders use clinical judgment to make selection decisions and endorse using some specific variables in selection. (Contains 22…

Describes how social workers test their treatment hypotheses by looking at information search strategies and intended use. Analyses indicated marked variations in search strategies and intended use of information, and a preference for confirmatory strategies. Basic and continuing education programs might emphasize awareness of the different…

The effective ways of representing knowledge given the students and its use by teachers in departing the meaningful tasks are emphasized. An approach embodying five key principles like understanding big ideas, allotting tough assignments, thinking at high levels, problem solving and decision making ability are discussed.

Life is presenting humans with more and more issues that need careful consideration and teachers can be sure that children in their primary schools today will be faced with equally challenging dilemmas when they grow up. Even now, quite young children are being faced with some important decisions about what they should eat or whether they could…

This companion book to "Principals of Dynamic Schools" and "Dynamic Teachers" brings to life the process of making and enacting educational policy and helps decision makers evaluate, interpret, and analyze the policies that govern their schools. In accessible language, this book presents educational leaders with a conceptual framework for…

The purpose of this workbook is to help youth to take the lead in planning for their adult lives. The workbook shares important information, encourages youth to begin thinking about life after high school, and offers ideas they can use to plan routes to reach their goals. This is not a workbook parents, educators or others should hand to young…

Intuition is knowledge of something without the conscious use of reasoning. The question of where intuitive knowledge comes from may be addressed from neurophysiological, spiritual, or philosophical perspectives. In some cases, hunches may be traced to the unconscious processing of immediate sensory input with previous knowledge. In other cases,…

Educator's decisions affect the lives of students, and it is for this reason that input from students about their school life is important. A major concern of educators is that students will make irresponsible decisions, but experience shows that they will make excellent decisions when guided in the decision-making process by a caring and open…

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)

Results of this study indicated that deans have a vital role in the decisionmaking process as approval figures. However, issues were initiated and implemented most frequently by faculty and department chairmen, thus emphasizing their importance in the decisionmaking process of liberal arts colleges. (Author)