The decision-making skill characteristics reusable learning modules for secondary agricultural students are based on Crawford et al.’s (2011) seven problem-solving and decision-making characteristics:
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Module 1: Identifying and Analyzing Problems
- Summary:
- Learning Outcomes:
- Use critical thinking skills to evaluate agricultural issues
- Develop a plan to overcome issues
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Module 2: Taking Effective and Appropriate Actions
- Summary:
- Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze potential impacts of decisions
- Distinguish cause and effect scenarios
- Determine actions
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Module 3: Realizing the Effects of Decisions
- Summary:
- Learning Outcomes:
- Compare and contrast agriculturally-related scenarios
- Investigate possible effects of decisions
- Devise appropriate plans of action to best benefit all stakeholders
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Module 4: Generating Creative and Innovative Solutions
- Summary:
- Learning Outcomes:
- Investigate existing conditions to formulate the problem
- Devise innovative solutions to overcome issues
- Integrate creative ideas into action steps
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Module 5: Transferring Knowledge from One Situation to Another
- Summary:
- Learning Outcomes:
- Dissect a situation to understand main points and supporting elements
- Understand available technology and construct dissemination plan
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Module 6: Engaging in Life-Long Learning
- Summary:
- Learning Outcomes:
- Identify interest areas within the FANH sciences
- Explore their passions within their discipline
- Validate techniques to encourage life-long learning
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Module 7: Thinking Abstractly about Problems
- Summary:
- Learning Outcomes:
- Compare and contrast context from content
- Identify relationships within problems
- Develop a model of techniques to practice thinking abstractly
This project was supported by the Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program no. 2019-38414-30265 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.