Decisions! Decisions! Decisions! |
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Students will analyze how the decision making process
can be used effectively by using handouts designed to provoke critical
thinking about decisions past and
present. |
Primary Learning Outcomes
How do people arrive at effective decisions?
Additional Learning Outcomes
How can I use the decision making process to my advantage in
career planning?
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 9-12
Guidance
C. Career Planning
9
Topic: Skills to
make decisions.
Standard: -Demonstrate responsibility for making tentative educational and
occupational choices. -Identify alternatives in given decision making
situations. -Describe personal strengths and weaknesses in relationship to
postsecondary education/training requirements. -Identify appropriate choices
during high school that will lead to marketable skills for entry-level
employment or advanced training. -Identify and complete required steps toward
transition from high school to entry into post-secondary education/training
programs or work. -Identify steps to apply for and secure financial assistance
for postsecondary education and training.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration:
Discuss with students the methods they use in making
decisions. Have their methods changed with time? If so, how? Review the decision
making process. Give students the handout “You Be the Judge.” Go over responses
when finished and discuss how priorities, personal needs, etc. play a part in
the decision making process.
Attachments for Step 1
Title: You be the Judge FileName: You be the judge.doc
Description: A list of scenarios
to use in analyzing the decision making process.
Step: 2 Duration:
Ask students to think about past decisions, results, and
outcomes. Give them the handout “Decisions, Outcomes, Feelings.” Share
responses.
Attachments for Step 2
Title: Decisions, Outcomes, Feelings FileName: Decisions.doc
Description: A table for listing past
decisions and their outcomes.
Step:
3 Duration:
Have students take one decision from previous worksheets to
use for final handout, “My Decision.”
Attachments for Step 3
Title: My Decision FileName: My Decision.doc
Description: This student handout
provides space to list a past decision, the alternatives and the process by
which you made a choice
Materials and Equipment
“You Be the Judge”, “My Decision" and “Decisions, Outcomes,
Feelings"
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
1 hour
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students are assessed as they review the decision-making
process, describe feelings and outcomes that indicate whether or not the
decision-making process is effective, and analyze their own decision-making
process.
Extension
The student handouts can be used with other situations and
past decisions.
Remediation
Students can seek the assistance of parents in preparation for
this activity. A discussion of a past "family decision" can supply background
information to the student.
Accommodation
Modification
For students with significant disabilities, what changes can
be made in instruction and teaching delivery to allow students to participate in
classroom instruction while working on IEP objectives and off grade level QCC
standards. Below are suggested modifications correlated to the procedures of
this lesson plan.
