Jacobson, D, Parker, A, Spetzler, C et al. (4 more authors) (2012) Improved Learning in U.S. History and Decision Competence with Decision-Focused Curriculum. PLoS ONE, 7 (9). e45775 - ?.
Abstract
Decision making is rarely taught in high school, even though improved decision skills could benefit young people facing life-shaping decisions. While decision competence has been shown to correlate with better life outcomes, few interventions designed to improve decision skills have been evaluated with rigorous quantitative measures. A randomized study showed that integrating decision making into U.S. history instruction improved students' history knowledge and decision-making competence, compared to traditional history instruction. Thus, integrating decision training enhanced academic performance and improved an important, general life skill associated with improved life outcomes. © 2012 Jacobson et al.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Jacobson et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
Keywords: | Adolescent; Curriculum; Decision Making; Evaluation Studies as Topic; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century; Humans; Problem Solving; Problem-Based Learning; Teaching; United States |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Decision Research (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2017 11:21 |
Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2017 11:21 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
Identification Number: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0045775 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:85679 |