Category: D
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Decoder
Destination.
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Declining enrollments
In education, a trend where the number of students entering school is less than the number leaving or graduating from school. A trend experienced in the 1980s.
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Decline stage of disease
When symptoms of the disease disappear and the person feels better but is still sick.
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Declaratory relief
In law, a judgment that declares the rights of the parties or expresses the opinion of the court on a question of law without ordering anything done.
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Declaratory judgment
In law, a judgment establishing the rights of the parties or deciding a point of law without an order for any action.
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Declarative knowledge
The knowledge of facts and specific bits of information, procedural knowledge.
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Decision-making skills
Processes one needs for making decisions based on facts, evidence, consequences, and selection, decision making; decision making method.
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Decision-making method
In education, a learner- centered method in which the learner is given several alternatives and allowed to discover the consequences of each, resulting in the best decision for personal action.
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Decision-making interview
Information and related data are gathered, compared to criteria, and a conclusion is drawn or a determination is made.
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Decision making
The process by which an individual, organization, community, or society agrees upon a course of action or a solution to an issue. The use of adequate information to come to a conclusion and make choices.