Decision-making abilities of Minnesota high school seniors enrolled in office procedures, model office, and cooperative office education were compared in pretests and posttests, and improvement on these measures over the year was determined. Study methods and findings are reported, along with recommendations for further study. (MF)

Argues that, from the early grades on, children need help in learning behavior associated with the decision-making process and concludes that school must provide settings in which decision processes are analyzed, taught, and evaluated. (JG)

Results from a number of studies have suggested that mildly retarded adults take longer than nonretarded persons to make decisions because they accumulate relevant sensory input more slowly. (Author)

Qualities needed in the future-oriented person include skills in deciding, becoming involved, and peopling, or reaching out to others in time and space. Procedures for developing these future-oriented qualities in educational settings are presented. Learning environments that will facilitate achievement of these curricular goals are described.…

The ethical primacy of patient involvement in treatment decision-making requires that more attention be paid to assessment of a patient's competency to make treatment decisions. Makes recommendations to increase sensitivity to this issue with significantly impaired elderly nursing home patients and to improve existing decision-making procedures.…

Briefly reviews the development of decision making as an educational objective, tracing its roots from the 1960s. Describes the decision-making exercises offered in the Geography 16-19 Project, including the guidelines used for constructing the decision-making exercises on the General Certificate of Education examination. Concludes with advice on…

The author describes her plan for dealing with life transitions. The plan has three steps. First, the individual in transition must accurately perceive the situation; second, respond to the situation, change, or transition; and third, reassess his or her perception of the transition. (CT)

A sequence is suggested for teachers working with parents in solving problems. Steps include: problem definition; problem analysis; generation of alternatives; establishment of criteria for selecting solutions; and evaluation and selection of solutions. (CB)

Identifies epistemological perspectives in girls' thinking that links ideas of self, knowing, and morality. Presents a model of "learner's interests and goals" and "approaches to knowing" as they relate to these conceptions of self and morality. Discusses implications for teaching. (Author/DH)

The Marijuana Action Maze (MAM) is a computerized simulation game designed to aid drug decision-making skills development. Practicing school health educators, practicing community health educators, and educational software experts assessed the importance, feasibility, desirability, and achievement of the MAM's developmental goals, rated its…

This article examines why many career ladder proposals are opposed by teachers, and outlines a framework for career development that could be supported by both teachers and administrators. This framework emphasizes the expansion of teachers' decision-making skills, not the delineation of jobs. (MT)

Addresses the issue of participation in the development and management of programs for adult learners. The Vroom and Yetton model of leadership decision making, a contingency approach that utilizes a range of decision styles, is described through various case examples. (CT)

Explains why simulation is a particularly useful teaching device in areas in which it is important to tie together cognitive skills and motor skills into total performance. Discusses the many forms simulation can take in soft skills training and how simulations can shape perspectives. (CT)

Described are the needs and difficulties of relating psychological research on judgment and decision making to the attribute of clinical judgment by physicians. (SL)

The use of medical and nursing students in an ongoing drug education program for the seventh grade is described. With the methods used, the program is shown to be objective and effective in stimulating rational drug use-nonuse'' decisions. (Author)