For children beginning at the elementary level, the phenomenon of the giant supermarket provides an excellent learning laboratory. (Editor)

Defines mechanism for information transfer in engineering education. Urges assignment of more open-ended problems to train students in all aspects of information processing and developing their decision-making faculties. (IR)

An investigation of the reasoning processes of expert physicians. (HS)

Examined the impact of the College Entrance Examination Board's Decisions and Outcomes Program on the career maturity of 132 high school students. Results indicated the program increased students' career maturity and decision-making skills. Students with greater ego identity produced higher scores on certain attitude components of career maturity.…

Argues that individualized instruction cannot truly be effective unless pupil-teacher decision making is used as a means for identifying and meeting the requirements of each pupil. (FL)

Young adults and older subjects were given the classical task of the discrimination of lifted weights. The present study did not show older people with higher response criteria than the young. Caution on the part of older people may be specific to certain classes of task. (Author)

The author suggests that the common core of career education and consumer education is the emphasis on practical, real-life skills, with a focus on self-understanding and self-oriented decision making. Presented are activities and projects which enhance awareness of the importance of these skills. (KC)

Recommended as a means for reducing human stress and errors in the work place, task analysis can be used to assist in decision making and provide a detailed inquiry into the actions that need to be taken in the performance of a specific job or task. (MER)

Describes the guided design format and provides examples of this teaching method, as used in a course entitled, "Methods of Scientific Investigation." Two goals of the course are discussed: (1) teaching subject matter and (2) developing decision-making skills to apply what has been learned to solving real-world problems. (CS)

Delineates a study showing that jurors arriving at different verdicts differ in the way they compute verdicts from a common evidence base rather than in the structure of their evidence bases. Concludes that the legal system's distinction between evidence comprehension and verdict deliberation is a defensible one. (Author/FL)

Describes the type of research which is needed to shed light on decision making and political participation within a social studies research context. Topics discussed include data collecting techniques, objectives, research on political socialization since 1959, and a theoretical framework. (DB)

Points out the difficulties of reentry into the job market for minority women. Case studies are presented. Approaches counselors can use to help these women overcome doubts and develop decision-making skills are presented. Other areas of research for counselors are suggested. (Author/BEF)

Describes a decision-making educational game based on the pioneer experiences of British army personnel in Canada in the early nineteenth century. Procedures for playing the game are outlined. (DB)

Five educational groups, ranging from high school freshmen to college juniors, were administered the Career Decision Questionnaire, a scale designed to measure antecedents of educational-vocational indecision. It was determined that age was an extremely important factor in career decidedness. Sex was not an important variable in determining…