Two classroom simulations--"Superpower Confrontation" and "Multipolar Asian Simulation"--are used to teach and test various aspects of the Borden versus Brodie debate on the Schelling versus Lanchester approach to nuclear conflict modeling and resolution. The author applies a Schelling test to segregate high from low empathic…

For three decades, the scholars in the area of values in educational administration and the moral dimension of leadership have conceptually argued for and empirically explored the centrality of values to educational administration. This centrality may be expressed as the roles and nature of values in decision-making and conflict resolution.…

Many schools have problem-solving teams that support teachers by helping identify and resolve students' academic and social problems. Although research is limited, it has been found that teams sometimes fail to implement problem-solving processes with fidelity, which may hinder the resolution of problems. We developed the Team-Initiated Problem…

Despite many applications of prospect theory's concepts to explain political and strategic phenomena, formal analyses of strategic problems using prospect theory are rare. Using Fearon's model of bargaining, Tversky and Kahneman's value function, and an existing probability weighting function, I construct a model that demonstrates the differences…

"If the student hasn't learned, the teacher hasn't taught!" Here's an old saw that is being re-sharpened. The case of Michigan deserves careful study.... (Editor)

An incremental model of decisionmaking is discussed and compared with the Comprehensive Rational Approach. A model of reconciliation between the two approaches is proposed, and examples are given in the field of economic development and educational planning. (Author/DN)

The author presents a six-stage model for sexual decision-making. Hopefully, the model will provide a framework for discussion which would encourage sexual decision-making on the basis of long-range implications rather than on a short-term basis. (Author)

A literature review revealed little empirical research on forgiveness, suggesting the need for a model of forgiveness. The work of both E. M. Pattison and L. B. Smedes was used as a foundation upon which a model was developed involving a four-stage decision making process. The four stages of forgiveness are awareness, change, interaction, and…

Policy making, policy implementation, and accountability are discussed, and a conceptual model is proposed for understanding a number of contemporary problems and for planning future research. The model suggests a tension theory consisting of two dilemmas. One is an apparent conflict between the public's expectation of educational…

A framework for resolving social work's ethical problems must allow for explicit discussion and justification (Osmo and Landau 2001). As opposed to a preoccupation with what "ought to be," it is argued that "what ought "not"" be" is the more useful question to ask when resolving a moral problem. The University of…

Decisionmaking involves the conception of the situation, a perception of the attitudes of others toward the problem, an understanding of the various alternatives available and their predictable consequences, and an ability to predict the acceptance of any given decision. The author contends that to regard implementation of the decision as part of…

Describes a general conceptual framework for the study of cognitive conflicts, an experimental paradigm for the analysis of such conflicts, and reviews the results of a series of experiments conducted with the paradigm. Available from American Psychological Association, Inc., 1200 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036, single copy…

The effects of individual values upon the development of conflicts and the resolution of marital problems through counseling are explored, using the Interpersonal Growth Scale (IGS). This instrument is described as it evaluates the processes of growing apart and growing together, and notes operating values, determining their functions and…

Backtrack problem-solving appears to be a viable alternative to current problem-solving methodologies. It appears to have considerable heuristic potential as a conceptual and operational framework for small group communication research, as well as functional utility for the student group in the small group class or the management team in the…

Author believes that the application of the Decision-Making Model to the removal of "discrepancies" allows the teachers and other school agents to proceed with changes in an orderly and rational manner. (Author)