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How Might I Teach Problem Solving?
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Woods, Donald R. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1987
The implications of the interaction between knowledge acquisition and problem solving are discussed. Options for the teaching of problem solving are listed including: giving students the opportunity to solve many problems, facilitating students' exploration of the mental processes used to solve problems, and providing explicit training in the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Instruction, Critical Thinking, Higher Education
Models for Learning and How They're Connected--Relating Bloom, Jung, and Perry.
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Woods, Donald R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1993
Describes the interactions and applications of three models of learning: Bloom's taxonomy, the Jungian or Myers-Brigg's Typology, and William Perry's model of attitude toward learning. (PR)
Descriptors: College Science, Cooperative Learning, Educational Psychology, Engineering Education
Problem Solving--What Doesn't Work.
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Woods, Donald R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1993
Describes problems in teaching problem solving and summarizes research in this area. Presents Guided Design or Guided Decision Making as a problem-solving approach in which groups of students work their way through a model of the problem-solving process as they wrestle with a discipline-specific situation. (PR)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Science, Group Activities, High Schools