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ERIC Number: EJ337467
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Reference Count: 0
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Decision Making: New Paradigm for Education.
Wales, Charles E.; And Others
Educational Leadership, v43 n8 p37-41 May 1986
Defines education's new paradigm as schooling based on decision making, the critical thinking skills serving it, and the knowledge base supporting it. Outlines a model decision-making process using a hypothetical breakfast problem; a late riser chooses goals, generates ideas, develops an action plan, and implements and evaluates it. (4 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Innovation, Problem Solving, Synthesis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Analytic Approach