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Duke explained in a conversation with Joe Sweeney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Decision Education, how students are better equipped to make decisions that improve their lives when they learn skills for “thinking in possibilities,” practicing...

Help your middle or high school students better understand the shifts in their habits they’re experiencing during social distancing with free lesson resources.

On the SpaceX campus, middle school students use experiments and discussion to explore how our minds handle decision making.

Some parents and teachers already make a point of talking about consequences with students. My own mother had me write several compositions on the topic during my middle school years, but let’s save that for a different conversation, perhaps one with a...

At the heart of good decision making is judgment.

Q: Did your interest in decision skills happen gradually or all at once?

When a student’s black-and-white thinking about your class sounds defeatist, it doesn’t mean that she doesn’t care.

If you’re helping your child decide where to apply to college, it can seem like the process is going well as long as you’re not arguing about it. However, it takes more than avoiding conflict with one another to make the best choices. The following tips...

Common cognitive biases can prevent students from getting fully prepared for assessments. Teach them how to construct if-then planning statements that will help them resist cognitive biases so they stay on track.

Selecting a college major is one decision that can be an especially stressful experience for adolescents and the family members who support them because it can have life-changing consequences. These decision skills can help you work with your child on a...

Teachers can help students understand that success doesn’t usually come from a single choice, but rather from the cumulative effects of repeated behaviors.

BrainFutures, the first national organization to develop a rubric that assesses the quality of school-based brain fitness interventions, advocates for every school to adopt a program that strengthens students’ executive functioning (EF).

If you’ve been thinking about incorporating mindfulness activities into your classroom routine, read our tips before you try that first breathing exercise.

Educators have the opportunity to pilot an engaging Practical Psychology course featuring tools and strategies for making better decisions.

You don’t have to wait until your students are facing a big decision to introduce Decision Education resources. The videos included in this post expose the hidden influences on our judgments and decisions. Students will learn a handful of strategies from...

Want to stop the cycle of initiative fatigue? Ask your administrators to work with teachers to conduct premortems.