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Peer reviewedPollay, Richard W. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1970
Study results support the hypothesis that decision makers take longer to choose from four alternatives when two of the alternatives are easily rejected than when all four alternatives are equal. (Author/LR)
Descriptors: Administration, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Pastor, Peggy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2002
Describes how one elementary school's adoption of a character-education program significantly reduced student discipline problems. (PKP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Decision Making Skills, Discipline, Elementary Education
Direct linkSuto, W. M. I.; Clare, I. C. H.; Holland, A. J.; Watson, P. C. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2005
Although there has been growing recognition of the importance of enabling people with intellectual disabilities (ID) to be more directly involved in managing their own financial affairs, so far, little is known about this aspect of their decision- making. Using vignettes and semi-structured interviews, the financial decision-making abilities of…
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, Decision Making Skills, Money Management, Comprehension
Buysse, Virginia; Wesley, Patricia W.; Snyder, Patricia; Winton, Pamela – Young Exceptional Children, 2006
The growing use of the term "evidence-based" in conference presentations, web sites, journal articles and grants announcements suggest definitive answers to a host of practice-related issues. The purpose of this paper is to address the questions of: (1) defining evidence-based practice; (2) how evidence-based practice differs from other practices;…
Descriptors: Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Decision Making Skills, Disabilities
Paivandy, Sheba; Bullock, Emily E.; Reardon, Robert C.; Kelly, F. Donald – Journal of Career Assessment, 2008
People's thoughts and beliefs about themselves and their career options affect their ability to make decisions. Career counselors would benefit from knowing the factors that contribute to negative career thoughts. This study examined two unexplored factors that may affect the development and maintenance of negative career thoughts, decision-making…
Descriptors: Work Attitudes, Career Counseling, Decision Making Skills, Decision Making
Delmonico, David L.; Griffin, Elizabeth J. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2008
Adolescents who use the Internet regularly (the "e-teen") present a new set of challenges for marriage and family therapists. This article introduces marriage and family therapists to (a) the basic technological concepts and unique psychological characteristics of the Internet important in understanding and addressing adolescent online sexual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Internet, Marriage Counseling, Family Counseling
Brenninkmeyer, Lawrence D.; Spillane, James P. – School Leadership & Management, 2008
Principals are increasingly expected to be the instructional as well as administrative leaders of their schools. However, little is known about how principals reason through the instructional issues that they face. An analysis of principal reasoning in instructional contexts is critical. The study presented in this article draws on interviews with…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Principals, Cognitive Processes, Instructional Leadership
Galloway, Shayne – Journal of Experiential Education, 2007
Outdoor leaders function in naturalistic decision-making contexts and may be influenced by personal, social, and environmental factors in making critical decisions in the field. The experience level of the outdoor instructor is posited as a critical variable in the development of his/her decision-making and overall judgment. This research measures…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Decision Making, Outdoor Leadership, Models
Townsley, Michael K. – National Association of College and University Business Officers (NJ3), 2008
All private colleges and universities make strategic capital investments and consider the use of debt to fund those investments. From the commonplace purchase of photocopiers to the construction of new academic buildings or dormitories, investment decisions that yield long-term financial benefits must follow on the heels of careful analysis. To…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Facilities Improvement, Construction (Process)
Landis, Daniel; and others – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making Skills, Discrimination Learning, Problem Solving
Download full textSieber, Joan E. – 1968
This paper defines secondary ignorance as "not knowing that one does not know" and goes on to discuss the prevalence of secondary ignorance among school children. It describes a study in which a group of elementary school children were asked to find solutions to problematic situations and to indicate on a five-point scale how certain they were…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Elementary School Students, Information Seeking, Problem Solving
Kroner, Francine B.; O'Gorman, David E. – 1972
This paper describes a workshop kit developed for the Cleveland Commission on Higher Education which supplies materials supportive of a one to three-day workshop. The workshop is intended to stimulate school personnel to work together in planning a common teacher education center venture appropriate to a particular locale. Contents of the workshop…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Guides, Teacher Education
OHM, ROBERT E. – 1966
CONTEMPORARY SYSTEMS THEORISTS HAVE PROVIDED A HELPFUL VIEW OF THE WAY GOAL-STRUCTURE MAY SHAPE ADMINISTRATIVE BEHAVIOR IN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE "TRADITIONALIST" VIEW ASSIGNED ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS THE FUNCTIONS OF FORECASTING AND PLANNING. THE "EMERGING MODEL" VIEWED GOALS AS UNDEFINED ELEMENTS REQUIRING LITTLE SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT IN A…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Decision Making Skills, Models, Objectives
Nelson, Richard C. – Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 1978
A model is presented for decision making in everyday living situations, suitable for children and adults. Called "choice awareness," the system views decision making as composed of caring, ruling, enjoying, sorrowing, and thinking/working choices, all of which may either positively or negatively influence both the decision-maker and those who…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Counseling Theories, Decision Making Skills
Peer reviewedScott, Sharon – PTA Today, 1987
Peer Pressure Reversal, a way of teaching children to say no and still "save face" with their friends, is described. (MT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
