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CURRICULUM INTEGRATION IN THE DECISION SCIENCES: AN EVALUATION *
Author(s) -
Johnson George A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1975.tb01062.x
Subject(s) - unification , curriculum , computer science , set (abstract data type) , process (computing) , speculation , management science , mathematics education , mathematics , psychology , engineering , pedagogy , programming language , economics , macroeconomics
Recent interest in curriculum integration in the decision sciences has led to the proposal that topics in computer science, statistics, quantitative methods, operations research, and possibly mathematics might be integrated into a single unified set of courses. Such a unification may reinforce the learning process of the student and form the basis for the eventual synthesis of tools topics with functional area decision making. This integration proposal and speculation is examined using research in learning and motivation theory, and concludes that the integration of tools concepts with functional area topics is much more promising than the integration of tools topics alone. A pair of example course integrations is provided to illustrate in detail the application of learning and motivation principles to tools‐into‐functions curriculum integration.