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Decision Making Skills Module Objectives:

- Students will discover what makes some decisions harder than others.
- Students will learn that decisions are influenced by many factors.
- Students will identify and illustrate the steps in the process of decision making.
- Students will begin a decision-making simulation, “Fall-out Shelter.”
- Students will recognize the importance of gathering relevant facts and ignoring irrelevant information in the decision making process.
- Students will learn that their prior experience can direct them to good sources of information.
- Students will apply the information-gathering step of decision making to the
simulation, “Fall-out Shelter.”
- Students will discover that they should think creatively about alternative solutions to problems and not restrict themselves to obvious choices.
- Students will practice weighing the consequences of various alternatives by
investigating the positives and negatives.
- Students will apply the decision making steps of exploring alternatives and weighing options to the simulation, “Fall-out Shelter.”
- Students will demonstrate the decision making process by making the final decision in the “Fall-out Shelter” simulation.
- Students will explain and defend their decisions.
- Students will review the decision making process.
- Students will recognize that some decisions need to be modified and will reflect on the decisions made by their groups.