Development and Testing of a Curriculum to Improve Decision-Making Skills in Middle and High School Students
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| Title: | Development and Testing of a Curriculum to Improve Decision-Making Skills in Middle and High School Students |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Shelton, Tricia (ORCID |
| Source: | Mind, Brain, and Education. Feb 2023 17(1):53-60. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 8 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Junior High Schools Middle Schools Secondary Education High Schools |
| Descriptors: | Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills, Middle School Students, High School Students, Student Participation |
| DOI: | 10.1111/mbe.12339 |
| ISSN: | 1751-2271 1751-228X |
| Abstract: | Adolescence is a key developmental period for developing and strengthening brain circuits that underlie effective decision-making skills, which profoundly impact lifelong health and academic, professional, and economic achievement. But decision-making skills are learned rather than inherent. School presents an ideal environment for the direct instruction and frequent practice of decision-making skills, however, finding time in the school day is a challenge for contemporary educators. We have developed a learning curriculum that involves active student participation to strengthen decision-making skills that is sufficiently flexible and adaptable to be utilized in a wide variety of content-specific classwork. Using this curriculum, students show evidence of improved decision-making skills, including increased consideration of the number of factors that are relevant to their decision, the resources needed to make a particular decision, and both the short-term and long-term consequences of decisions. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1368463 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Adolescence is a key developmental period for developing and strengthening brain circuits that underlie effective decision-making skills, which profoundly impact lifelong health and academic, professional, and economic achievement. But decision-making skills are learned rather than inherent. School presents an ideal environment for the direct instruction and frequent practice of decision-making skills, however, finding time in the school day is a challenge for contemporary educators. We have developed a learning curriculum that involves active student participation to strengthen decision-making skills that is sufficiently flexible and adaptable to be utilized in a wide variety of content-specific classwork. Using this curriculum, students show evidence of improved decision-making skills, including increased consideration of the number of factors that are relevant to their decision, the resources needed to make a particular decision, and both the short-term and long-term consequences of decisions. |
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| ISSN: | 1751-2271 1751-228X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/mbe.12339 |
