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Item Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Generating creative solutions (DM04)(Texas A&M University. Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, 2024) Esquivel, Christi; Murphrey, Theresa Pesl; Richburg, Audra; Leggette, Holli R.This packet contains instructional materials and online modules prepared for Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Generating creative solutions (DM04). It includes curriculum, PowerPoint slides, activities, handouts, grading considerations, and notes for instructors. These materials were created as part of the USDA Grant entitled "Fueling the Mind, Feeding the World: Enhancing Communication and Decision-Making Skills of Secondary Agricultural Education Students." MODULE OVERVIEW: Creativity is not just used in the arts but is an essential skill needed for creating solutions in any situation. It is not an inherent characteristic but a skill that can be developed and nurtured. This content focuses on habits and mindsets that students should adopt to better generate creative solutions to problems and situations encountered daily.Item Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Identifying and analyzing problems (DM01)(Texas A&M University. Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, 2024) Esquivel, Christi; Murphrey, Theresa Pesl; Richburg, Audra; Leggette, Holli R.This packet contains instructional materials and online modules prepared for Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Identifying and analyzing problems (DM01). It includes curriculum, PowerPoint slides, activities, handouts, grading considerations, and notes for instructors. These materials were created as part of the USDA Grant entitled "Fueling the Mind, Feeding the World: Enhancing Communication and Decision-Making Skills of Secondary Agricultural Education Students." MODULE OVERVIEW: Decisions are made daily and affect every facet of life. Although in some situations this activity is simple and straight forward, other situations are more complex, and consequences of a poor decision can be devastating. The decision-making process can be more effective by first critically examining the problem—identifying and analyzing the problem are the key first steps in making decisions. This content focuses on four major steps to begin decision making (understand the issue, identify and analyze the problem, cause and effect analysis, and the five whys) and offers a “deep dive mini lesson” on structured and unstructured decision-making.Item Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Lifelong learning (DM06)(Texas A&M University. Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, 2024) Esquivel, Christi; Murphrey, Theresa Pesl; Richburg, Audra; Leggette, Holli R.This packet contains instructional materials and online modules prepared for Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Lifelong learning (DM06). It includes curriculum, PowerPoint slides, activities, handouts, grading considerations, and notes for instructors. These materials were created as part of the USDA Grant entitled "Fueling the Mind, Feeding the World: Enhancing Communication and Decision-Making Skills of Secondary Agricultural Education Students." MODULE OVERVIEW: Learning does not—and should not—end when students graduate from high school. Lifelong learning should continue for personal and professional topics, and positive self-talk can help individuals keep a growth-oriented mindset. After deciding what to learn, lifelong learners find resources, set goals, and evaluate the finished product.Item Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Realizing effects of decisions (DM03)(Texas A&M University. Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, 2024) Esquivel, Christi; Murphrey, Theresa Pesl; Richburg, Audra; Leggette, Holli R.This packet contains instructional materials and online modules prepared for Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Realizing effects of decisions (DM03). It includes curriculum, PowerPoint slides, activities, handouts, grading considerations, and notes for instructors. These materials were created as part of the USDA Grant entitled "Fueling the Mind, Feeding the World: Enhancing Communication and Decision-Making Skills of Secondary Agricultural Education Students." MODULE OVERVIEW: Every decision made or left unmade can affect one’s future path. Although predicting the future with 100% accuracy is a skill known only in fiction, one can learn to think through what positive and negative effects decisions may have. This module will focus on processes and skills students can use to realize the effects their decisions may have on themselves and others.Item Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Taking effective and appropriate action (DM02)(Texas A&M University. Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, 2024) Esquivel, Christi; Murphrey, Theresa Pesl; Richburg, Audra; Leggette, Holli R.This packet contains instructional materials and online modules prepared for Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Taking effective and appropriate action (DM02). It includes curriculum, PowerPoint slides, activities, handouts, grading considerations, and notes for instructors. These materials were created as part of the USDA Grant entitled "Fueling the Mind, Feeding the World: Enhancing Communication and Decision-Making Skills of Secondary Agricultural Education Students." MODULE OVERVIEW: If you were presented with a problem that needed a quick solution, what actions would you take toward a possible answer? This packet includes a curriculum guide and five classroom-ready assignments with grading considerations. The content focuses on how to take effective and appropriate action when faced with a problem. Furthermore, the content goes into detail about assessing the situation, evaluating your options, and identifying the hidden dangers that need to be avoided during the decision-making process.Item Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Thinking abstractly about problems (DM07)(Texas A&M University. Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, 2024) Esquivel, Christi; Murphrey, Theresa Pesl; Richburg, Audra; Leggette, Holli R.This packet contains instructional materials and online modules prepared for Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Thinking abstractly about problems (DM07). It includes curriculum, PowerPoint slides, activities, handouts, grading considerations, and notes for instructors. These materials were created as part of the USDA Grant entitled "Fueling the Mind, Feeding the World: Enhancing Communication and Decision-Making Skills of Secondary Agricultural Education Students." MODULE OVERVIEW: The problems that society will face in the future—those that do not exist now and that we have never seen before—will require abstract thinking.Item Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Transferring knowledge from one situation to another (DM05)(Texas A&M University. Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications, 2024) Esquivel, Christi; Murphrey, Theresa Pesl; Richburg, Audra; Leggette, Holli R.This packet contains instructional materials and online modules prepared for Fueling the mind, feeding the world: Decision making – Transferring knowledge from one situation to another (DM05). It includes curriculum, PowerPoint slides, activities, handouts, grading considerations, and notes for instructors. These materials were created as part of the USDA Grant entitled "Fueling the Mind, Feeding the World: Enhancing Communication and Decision-Making Skills of Secondary Agricultural Education Students." MODULE OVERVIEW: How do expert decision-makers reliably make good decisions? They draw on knowledge from past situations and apply it to future decisions. This module focuses on four steps students can take to transfer knowledge from one situation to the next to aid decision-making.