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.

• Chapter 1. Why Decision-Based Learning is Different; Richard H. SwanChapter 2. How to use Decision-Based Learning; Kenneth J. PlummerChapter 3. I am not a Real Statistician; I Just Play One on TV; Lane Fischer, Kenneth J. Plummer, Heidi A. Vogeler, and Sara MoultonChapter 4. Make Thinking Explicit to Support Student Learning; Rebecca L. SansomChapter 5. Creating an Expert Decision Model Designed to Improve Student Learning in First-Year General Chemistry Courses; Steven G. WoodChapter 6. Exploring Decision-Based Learning in an Engineering Context; Todd G. NelsonChapter 7. Decision-Based Learning in an Information Systems Course; Degan KettlesChapter 8. Decision-Based Learning in Multiple Regression and Structural Equation Modeling Courses; Shiloh James Howland and Ross A. A. LarsenChapter 9. Using Decision-Based Learning to Teach Qualitative Research Evaluation; Michael A. Owens and Emily R. MillsChapter 10. Implementing Decision-Based Learning in an Introductory Religion Course; Stephan TaegerChapter 11. Using Decision-Based Learning to Teach Source Evaluation in One-Shot Library Sessions; Ana Katz and Jason GodfreyChapter 12. Information Literacy and Decision-Based Learning; David S. PixtonChapter 13. Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Decision-Based Learning; Nancy Wentworth

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