Toward the Development of a Revised Decision-Making Competency Instrument
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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June 23, 2018
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June 23, 2018
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July 27, 2018
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Educational Research and Methods
- Page Count
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12
- DOI
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10.18260/1-2--31149
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https://peer.asee.org/31149
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578
Paper Authors
Marisa K. Orr
Clemson University
orcid.org/0000-0001-5944-5846
Marisa K. Orr is an Assistant Professor in Engineering and Science Education with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University. Her research interests include student persistence and pathways in engineering, gender equity, diversity, and academic policy. Dr. Orr is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award for her research entitled, “Empowering Students to be Adaptive Decision-Makers.”
Katherine M. Ehlert Clemson University
Katherine M. Ehlert is a doctoral student in the Engineering and Science Education department in the College of Engineering, Computing, and Applied Sciences at Clemson University. She earned her BS in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and her MS in Mechanical Engineering focusing on Biomechanics from Cornell University. Prior to her enrollment at Clemson, Katherine worked as a Biomedical Engineering consultant in Philadelphia, PA. Her research interests include identity development through research experiences for engineering students, student pathways to engineering degree completion, and documenting the influence of co-op experiences on academic performance.
Maya Rucks Clemson University
Maya Rucks is an engineering education doctoral student at Clemson University. She received her bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and her master's degree in industrial engineering from Louisiana Tech University. Her areas of interest include, minorities in engineering, K-12 engineering, and engineering curriculum development.
Mitzi Desselles
Louisiana Tech University
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Dr. Desselles is Associate Professor and Chester Ellis Endowed Professorship in the Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences at Louisiana Tech University. She is a member of the graduate faculty in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
Abstract
This research paper discusses the process of refining and expanding the Decision-Making Competency Inventory developed by Miller and Byrnes. Byrnes is the author of the Self-Regulation Model of Decision-Making (SRMDM), which posits that that self-regulated decision-makers spend time in three phases: generation of options, evaluation of options, and learning from the results. Additionally, adaptive decision-makers are aware of moderating factors (such as stress or lack of information) and work to overcome them. A revised instrument is presented.
Orr, M. K., & Ehlert, K. M., & Rucks, M., & Desselles, M. (2018, June), Toward the Development of a Revised Decision-Making Competency Instrument Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah. 10.18260/1-2--31149
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