It's all up to us !

Overall, I believe our class activity on decision making went well, ultimately producing desirable results for most of the class. I personally used a few of the ideas from the slide labeled “Decision Making Debriefing.” One of my compromises was not raising my hand when we were asked if anyone was against leaving the format of the next exam for the discretion of the professor. I personally like the multiple choice style exams because I feel if you study sufficiently and read the material, you will be able to pick out the right answer when it is staring you in the face. Since it was clear that the class was not going to be able to come to a unanimous decision on the multiple choice idea, I felt it was my duty to conform with the majority as that would bring the most good to the class as a whole. I also used the collaboration technique as I was discussing the best possible options with nearby classmates; listening to their ideas while trying to sell them on some of my own. I think that ultimately our method of weaving out possible choices was much better than say breaking up into groups, for example. If we broke up into groups we would be much more decentralized and coming up with a unanimous decision would be close to impossible. I think we could have improved some on some of the options that were proposed. Some of them were ludicrous ideas that obviously could not have been implemented. I think if we spent our time thinking of more feasible options we could have came to a conclusion on what format to use for the next exam. Nevertheless, I think the class was pleased with the outcome and we now know to study extra hard for exam #2!