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Teaching Effective Decision Making Skills in Episode 83 of Transition Tuesday

Ten Sigma
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If you’d like to receive our Episode 83 bonus resources for teaching effective decision making skills, click this link http://tensigma.org/episode83bonus Because making good decisions is an essential life skill and part of our daily lives, it is important to help students learn and practice that skill often. When thinking about teaching any skill, it’s a good idea to start with identifying the key elements of that skill. For effective decision making, it is important that students are able to understand the decision being made, look at possible choices and outcomes before deciding, and carrying out the best choice. According to Psychology Today and experts at Ten Sigma, here are some top reasons on why it is important to teach students how to make effective decisions: • Helps students to move forward in their lives and not be paralyzed by past decisions • Increases self-confidence when students make positive and healthy decisions • Helps s …...more
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Teaching Effective Decision Making Skills in Episode 83 of Transition Tuesday
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2017Oct 16
If you’d like to receive our Episode 83 bonus resources for teaching effective decision making skills, click this link http://tensigma.org/episode83bonus Because making good decisions is an essential life skill and part of our daily lives, it is important to help students learn and practice that skill often. When thinking about teaching any skill, it’s a good idea to start with identifying the key elements of that skill. For effective decision making, it is important that students are able to understand the decision being made, look at possible choices and outcomes before deciding, and carrying out the best choice. According to Psychology Today and experts at Ten Sigma, here are some top reasons on why it is important to teach students how to make effective decisions: • Helps students to move forward in their lives and not be paralyzed by past decisions • Increases self-confidence when students make positive and healthy decisions • Helps students gain the respect of people they interact with • Builds trust that is important for key areas of life such as relationships, employment, social situations, etc. Here is a step-by-step process for teaching students how to make effective decisions: 1. Interpret and understand the choices and options available to them 2. Weight their options 3. Consider the rewards and consequences of the options 4. Make a decision and create a plan to move forward 5. Evaluate the results and identify possible changes they can make in the future When teaching students about decision making, it important to talk about every day decisions they may face related to life skills, ask questions to promote thoughtful decisions, encourage students to set achievable goals, and use educational tools and resources such as a decision wheel, decision tree, or analytical rubric. As part of each episode of Transition Tuesday, we provide additional tips, teacher tools, and resources related to the topics we cover. For this week’s bonus, we are providing a PDF with three great resources on teaching students to make more effective decisions, which can be accessed by clicking this link - http://tensigma.org/episode83bonus To learn more about Ten Sigma’s educational resources for teachers or parents, please visit our website http://tensigma.org and you can also connect with us on social media at: Facebook -   / ten-sigma-1572734446323526   Twitter -   / ten_sigma   LinkedIn -   / ten-sigma   If you know anyone else who would benefit from the information we share in these videos, please share this video and invite them to visit http://transitiontuesday.org We hope you enjoyed this episode and that you use this information to help students learn and practice effective decision making skills.

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Ten Sigma

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