Presents an overview of the intervention program and the results of the research project evaluating the effectiveness of the program. Parent participants in the course when compared with delayed treatment control group parents, showed an increased ability to use decision making facilitation skills in responding to typical child statements.…

Prepared by NASA, this guide contains lessons dealing with space for use in elementary and secondary social studies classes. Activities are many and varied. For example, students analyze the costs and benefits of space travel, develop their own space station, and explore the decision-making processes involved in the shuttle. (RM)

Reviews the last 10 years' research on how higher education administrators behave. A three-part model of managerial skills and a set of observed administrative behaviors are discussed and integrated. The bulk of the article, structured after this integration, examines human relations, conceptual, and technical skills. (MCG)

Describes a simple simulation for teaching secondary students about nuclear power as a source of energy by having them role play various interest groups. Game rules, including division of class members into four interest groups, are described. The author suggests eight references that would be useful for the simulation. (Author/DB)

One of the most visible and widespread of the current educational reforms is the attempt to decentralize authority to schools and to involve teachers and others in shared decision making. Often occurring together as site-based shared decision making (SBDM), this reform is turning out to be more difficult to implement than once thought. Few noted…

School psychologists are often asked to make significant decisions about students, but there has been a lack of research on how psychologists make such decisions. Obtaining the objective that school psychologists make sound decisions is an important goal, which involves training in how to minimize the adverse impact of predictable biases in human…

This article describes the process used by a high school counselor to design career decision-making activities, field-test the activities, and use the field-test results to determine the most effective career decision-making program. (Author)

A definition of a conceptual approach to the analysis of educational systems. The authors believe that by centering attention of the instructional management decision-making process, which mediates between activities of the students and the learning environment, much of the present confusion surrounding the design of educational systems can be…

Discussion of this process, its circular nature, and what factors affect it. (Editor)

Discusses a new approach in career decision making. (Editor)

Two strategies listed here, Values Voting Strategy and Rank Order Strategy, provide children with worthwhile experiences in making choices and decisions. From the book, Values Clarification, A Handbook of Practical Strategies for Teachers and Students. (Author/JB)

Discusses management abilities that produce good earnings. (SB)

Describes experimental training programs for developing arbitrators and the creation of simplified arbitration and grievance handling procedures to help meet increasing needs. (MF)