Research Report #16
Supercharge your Classroom Models:

Creating Decision Making Lesson Plans

No matter what kind of educational career you are in, you know about the need to look for the best methods to teach and motivate. In the past, teaching was seen as a “top-down” activity, but yesterday’s lecture-based model has crumbled as new options are proven in the classroom. Decision making lesson plans are one way to build on the ways that educators have inspired and empowered students through interactive teaching modules that stress decision making processes. It also allows students to take decision making steps rather than relying on a “passive learning” approach, which has out outgrown by many students as new media and fast-paced lives bring us closer to a digital way of processing the world around us.

How do educators form Decision Making lesson plans?

The first plank of this kind of approach is in the format of lessons, in replacing a lecture with group activities and “self-learning” tasks that leave open-ended goals where students are encouraged to take decision making steps themselves and take responsibility to report their work. Another aspect of getting these kinds of lessons done is in your underlying methods, using decision making processes like the scientific method to put together a linear model which students can follow to put their budding skills to use. A good combination of creative topical material and proven methods will produce great results. And the right activity formats will keep students engaged and working toward their conclusions.