One key learning that I found with responsible decision-making was analyzing situations and consequences. I think particularly at this time of the year, students exhibit more challenging and disruptive behaviors. They tend to "check out" and lose motivation if a task seems too challenging. One way that I encourage responsible decision-making in this way is to provide options as often as possible and support those options with strong reasoning.
For example, one of my students is doing a research paper and he feels that he should've chosen another topic because he's having trouble finding support. In response, we considered starting the research project from scratch, but he only needed two more pieces of evidence for what he's currently working on. With positive encouragement in helping to identify two more pieces of evidence, he decided to keep the research project he was on. I may also need to justify my classroom decisions; "I decided to move your seat because you seem distracted" or "let's organize our ideas so that we feel more confident moving forward".
For example, one of my students is doing a research paper and he feels that he should've chosen another topic because he's having trouble finding support. In response, we considered starting the research project from scratch, but he only needed two more pieces of evidence for what he's currently working on. With positive encouragement in helping to identify two more pieces of evidence, he decided to keep the research project he was on. I may also need to justify my classroom decisions; "I decided to move your seat because you seem distracted" or "let's organize our ideas so that we feel more confident moving forward".