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Peer reviewedPearce, Janice – Journal of School Health, 1979
This paper presents J. P. Shaver's model of rational decision making based on moral values and makes specific suggestions for implementing the model in health education instruction. (MM)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Educational Philosophy
Peer reviewedChristians, Clifford G. – Communication Education, 1979
Describes a mass media course with the decision-making process at its center. The course uses a set of problem modules, each broken down into a sequence of integrated steps. (JMF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Content, Decision Making
Peer reviewedPoitras-Martin, Danielle; Stone, Gerald L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
From a perspective of psychological education, a training program in general problem-solving strategies was developed. The three-week program, based on a microcounseling paradigm, involved systematically teaching 30 sixth-grade children skills in problem definition, generation of alternatives, and goal selection. (Author)
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Elementary School Students, Humanistic Education, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedTaylor, Andrea Jane Richardson – Clearing House, 1976
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Games, Models, Participation
Peer reviewedDotts, Wayne – College Student Journal, 1977
This study obtained a tentative assessment of the impact on college students of being involved in a decision-making process. Tentative findings indicate a positive relationship between involvement in the decision making process and opportunities to participate and knowledge of the decision-making process. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Decision Making Skills, Participation
Peer reviewedPhillips, Susan D. – Career Development Quarterly, 1997
Uses the lifespan, life-space model to examine the definition of adaptive decision making. Reviews the existing definition of adaptive decision making as "rational" decision making and offers alternate perspectives on decision making with an emphasis on the implications of using the model. Makes suggestions for future theory, research,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance, Counseling Theories
Peer reviewedEiser, Christine; And Others – Educational Research, 1988
Reports results from a survey of 562 teachers about drug education and their evaluation of a drug education package based on a life-skills approach. Most secondary schools teach about drugs in social or health education. Ratings of the package were determined by individual attitudes to drug taking. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making Skills, Drug Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedNeukrug, Edward; And Others – Counseling and Values, 1996
To assist counselors who face difficult situations, the helping professions have generated both ethical codes and decision-making models. Because the process of decision making seems to be related to cognitive-moral development, this article details ethical codes and decision models and speculates on how counselor level of development may…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Ethical Instruction
Peer reviewedRehm, Marsha L.; Davidson, Phyllis M. – Journal of Home Economics, 1991
National Issues Forums enables citizens to teach themselves about issues and encourages reflective action and informed public policy. The Tennessee Home Economics Association used the forum approach to involve students in environmental discussions and develop leadership skills. (SK)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Conservation (Environment), Decision Making Skills, Empowerment
Markel, Mike – Technical Writing Teacher, 1991
Maintains that criteria development--the process of creating standards against which to measure options--is not an objective process, but a subjective one in which criteria need to be revised in light of available options. Revises E. Banset and G. Parsons' problem-solving heuristic to more accurately reflect this subjectivity. (SR)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Criteria, Decision Making Skills, Heuristics
Hewes, Dorothy W. – Child Care Information Exchange, 1998
Describes a linear process of decision making to enhance management skills of day care directors. Includes decision-processing flow chart compiled from several professional disciplines to help managers recognize flexibility of linear system. Provides analysis of flow-chart steps to balance both artistic and pragmatic considerations. (LBT)
Descriptors: Administration, Chaos Theory, Day Care Centers, Decision Making Skills
Hickson, Linda; Golden, Harriet; Khemka, Ishita; Urv, Tiina; Yamusah, Salifu – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1998
In two experiments, participants with and without mental retardation listened to vignettes depicting situations in which a protagonist was faced with a decision involving either a peer or an authority figure. Decision-making tasks were considerably more difficult for the participants with mental retardation. Women in both studies outperformed men.…
Descriptors: Adults, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewedSawyer, John E.; Gopinath, C. – Journal of Management Development, 1999
A computer simulation used in teams by 151 business students tested their ability to translate strategy into decisions. Over eight weeks, the experiential learning activity encouraged strategic decision making and group behavior consistent with long-term strategy. (SK)
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Computer Simulation, Decision Making Skills, Experiential Learning
Peer reviewedHeller, Tamar; Miller, Alison B.; Hsieh, Kelly; Sterns, Harvey – Mental Retardation, 2000
The effectiveness of a person-centered later-life training program designed to teach 60 older adults with mental retardation about later-life planning issues and to increase their participation in choice-making was examined. Participants made more choice over time than did a control group and 87 percent met or partially met their goals. (Contains…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Instructional Effectiveness, Long Range Planning, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedStancliffe, Roger J.; Abery, Brian H.; Springborg, Heidi; Elkin, Sarah – Mental Retardation, 2000
Levels of personal control exercised by 76 adults with mental retardation were contrasted by substitute decision-making status. Individuals with no guardian or conservator exercised more personal control than did those with a conservator, who exerted more personal control than those with guardians. Similar group differences were observed in…
Descriptors: Adults, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Helping Relationship
