| Owner: |
Andrew Tawfik
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| Owner Email: |
aatawfik@memphis.edu
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| Paper Title: |
Decision Making and Problem-Solving: Implications for Learning Design
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| Session Title: |
Design Approaches and Cases (Table 13)
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| Paper Type: |
Roundtable Presentation
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| Presentation Date: |
4/15/2023
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| Presentation Location: |
Chicago, IL
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| Descriptors: |
Instructional Design/Development, Problem-based Learning, Technology
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| Methodology: |
Conceptual/Theoretical
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| Author(s): |
Andrew Tawfik, University of Memphis; Jessica Gatewood, University of Memphis
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| Unit: |
SIG-Design and Technology
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| Abstract: |
Educators are increasingly applying problem-solving through instructional strategies, such as inquiry-based learning. An important aspect of problem-solving includes the decision-making process and the rationale for learners’ choices. Although prior models of learning design have indeed yielded important insight in other areas of problem-solving (e.g - scaffolding, argumentation, reflection), decision-making theory has only been implicitly referenced. To better apply decision-making and apply it towards design, the article reviews the theoretical basis of the following approaches: normative, descriptive, prescriptive, and case-based decision-making theory (CBDT). For each approach, an example is included that instantiates the theory within learning design. The article concludes with a discussion of how decision-making theory aligns with existing theories that are foundational to problem-solving, along implications for learning design.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/2008138
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