Transcript DECISION MAKING - Sikeston R-6

DECISION MAKING
By
Ken Brodzinski
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The
Decision Making Process
The five steps are -
State the situation.
List all possible choices.
Consider all the consequences.
Make your decision and act on it.
Evaluate your decision.
Apply the decision making steps
to the following situation.
Write the answers in your journal.
The Car
You want to buy a car. Your
neighbor has one for sale.
I. SITUATION
What is your situation?
___________________________
I. SITUATION
You feel that you either want
or need a car.
II. CHOICES
What are your choices?
II. CHOICES
A. Buy the car.
B. Don’t buy the car
III. CONSEQUENCES - YES
You must spend your money for -
Car
Sales Tax
Licensing
Insurance
General Maintenance
IV. CONSEQUENCES - YES
A. How will you pay for the car? You may have to work to pay for the
car.
V. CONSEQUENCES - YES
A. How will your school work be affected?
You will have less time to study
VI. CONSEQUENCES - YES
A. How will your leisure time be affected?
You will have less leisure time.
VII. CONSEQUENCES - NO
•You will be able to save more money to
buy a better car.
•You will have more money to spend on
clothes, concerts, CDs and fun.
•You will have more leisure time.
VIII. DECISION
•YES ?
•NO?
IX. EVALUATION - YES
If you buy the car, what factors
would you use to evaluate your
purchase?
X. EVALUATION -YES
• How well the car performs.
•How the purchase affected your
lifestyle.
•Were there any “hidden costs?”
•Would you make the same decision?
•What would you do differently?
XI. EVALUATION - NO
If you do not buy the car, what
factors would you use to evaluate
your decision?
XII. EVALUATION - NO
Would you make the same decision
if you had the chance?
Are you working toward the day
when you will buy a car?
XIII. DECISION
Which decision would you make ?
REMEMBER
SOME DECISIONS WILL
BE GOOD!
SOME DECISIONS WILL
BE BAD!
BUT
YOU WILL LEARN
SOMETHING
FROM EVERY DECISION
YOU MAKE!!!
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OBJECTIVES
1. Understand the Decision-Making Process
2.Apply and evaluate the Decision-Making Process
ACTIVITY:
1. The students will be required to use their journal.
2. They will use the Decision-Making Process in the
purchase of a used car.
PROCESS:
1.The teacher will click through seventeen slides.
2. Each slide is self explanatory, but the teacher should
run through the lesson prior to presenting it to the class
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Journal Outline
I. Your SituationII.Choices-___________________
___________________
III. Yes - What expenses will you have besides the car?
IV. Yes - How will you pay for the car?
V. Yes - How will this affect your grades?
VI. Yes - How will this affect your leisure time?
VII. No - How will this affect your financial situation?
VIII. No IX. Yes - How will you evaluate your decision?
X. No - How will you evaluate your decision?