Decision-Based Learning
An Innovative Pedagogy that Unpacks Expert Knowledge for the Novice Learner
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How can we ensure that students truly benefit from the expert knowledge of their professors and tutors, and how can we enable them to put knowledge into practice?
Decision-Based Learning (DBL) is an innovative instructional strategy that uncovers the 'expert blind spot' to reveal the conditional knowledge that teachers (as experts) use to reason and act within the discipline. Instruction begins by modeling an expert’s decision-making process through real-world scenarios, guiding students through the conditions that shape those decisions. Learning occurs through comparison/contrast with other possible conditions at each decision point. Concepts and procedures are learned when they are relevant to the decision. With DBL, students never have to ask, 'When does this apply?'
In this book you will read stories told by faculty who have redesigned their university courses using the Decision-Based Learning pedagogy and the impact this powerful strategy can have on student learning. It should be of use to anyone teaching and designing curricula in higher education.
Chapter 1. Why Decision-Based Learning is Different; Richard H. Swan
- Chapter 2. How to use Decision-Based Learning; Kenneth J. Plummer
- Chapter 3. I am not a Real Statistician; I Just Play One on TV; Lane Fischer, Kenneth J. Plummer, Heidi A. Vogeler, and Sara Moulton
- Chapter 4. Make Thinking Explicit to Support Student Learning; Rebecca L. Sansom
- Chapter 5. Creating an Expert Decision Model Designed to Improve Student Learning in First-Year General Chemistry Courses; Steven G. Wood
- Chapter 6. Exploring Decision-Based Learning in an Engineering Context; Todd G. Nelson
- Chapter 7. Decision-Based Learning in an Information Systems Course; Degan Kettles
- Chapter 8. Decision-Based Learning in Multiple Regression and Structural Equation Modeling Courses; Shiloh James Howland and Ross A. A. Larsen
- Chapter 9. Using Decision-Based Learning to Teach Qualitative Research Evaluation; Michael A. Owens and Emily R. Mills
- Chapter 10. Implementing Decision-Based Learning in an Introductory Religion Course; Stephan Taeger
- Chapter 11. Using Decision-Based Learning to Teach Source Evaluation in One-Shot Library Sessions; Ana Katz and Jason Godfrey
- Chapter 12. Information Literacy and Decision-Based Learning; David S. Pixton
- Chapter 13. Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Decision-Based Learning; Nancy Wentworth
Nancy Wentworth, PhD served as the Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning at Brigham Young University. She was the Chair of the Department of Teacher Education and the Associate Dean in the McKay School of Education where she authored the TEAC Accreditation document for the Educator Preparation Program.
Kenneth J. Plummer, PhD is a Teaching and Learning Consultant in the Center for Teaching & Learning at Brigham Young University. He also worked as a manager of research, evaluation, and assessment for an international educational organization.
Richard H. Swan, PhD has designed award-winning instructional software and now serves as an Associate Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning at Brigham Young University. He has worked in the field of educational development and instructional design for over 20 years.