Building Decision Skills

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Evidence · 4 claims (3 for, 1 against) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 1 of 1 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description

Building Decision Skills is a character-education curriculum developed by the Institute for Global Ethics for middle and high school students, using lessons and supporting materials to develop ethical awareness and decision-making strategies.

Components

• Building Decision Skills ethics curriculum for middle and high school students: Building Decision Skills is a character education curriculum developed by the Institute for Global Ethics, first published in 1995, that "aims to raise middle and high school students' awareness of ethics, help them gain practical experience in developing core values, and give them practical strategies for dealing with ethical dilemmas." It consists of 10 lessons using readings, handouts, and overheads, with small-group activities, class discussions, homework, and schoolwide components such as seminars and assemblies. The curriculum costs $100 and includes a teacher's guide, lesson plans, the book How Good People Make Choices, and an audiocassette overview. (Building Decision Skills (2006))

Claims

• Effects favoring the curriculum-plus-service-learning condition over service-learning alone appeared only for ethical awareness and ethical perspective [+W]
• Building Decision Skills plus service learning significantly improved twelfth-graders' ethical perspective relative to a no-character-education comparison [+W]
• Building Decision Skills plus service learning showed no statistically significant effects on self-esteem, general social responsibility, or anticipated community participation [-W]
• Building Decision Skills combined with service learning has potentially positive effects on high school students' knowledge, attitudes, and values [+W]

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Key Sources

• Building Decision Skills. (2006). WWC Intervention Report, What Works Clearinghouse. https://www.globalethics.org/services/edu/bds.htm

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