Reviews the current practice of school-based consultation in the United Kingdom, and discusses the degree to which current practice matches research findings on effective consultation. Identifies some of the key characteristics that are essential for consultation to be effective in achieving change, and points out the need for such characteristics…

The triadic model of consultation service delivery for students with ties is expanded to include a problem-solving approach including 11 variables within 3 domains: (1) the people involved, (2) their interactional process, and (3) the implementation of specific procedures. The professional literature is reviewed within each domain. (Author/DB)

The paper discusses the degree of generality or specificity adopted in approaches to strategy instruction. The historical context of the generality-specificity dimension is described and related to the strategy instruction literature in special education, and three frameworks for conceptualization of generality-specificity are presented.…

Explores the relationship between mathematical concepts and the circumstances of learning as they relate to within-individual variation. Analyzes previous results on mathematical concepts in and out of school in terms of their similarities and differences. (RJC)

Examines whether problem solving, decision making, and other thinking skills depend more on deep expertise in a specialty or on reflective awareness and general strategies. General and specialized knowledge function in close partnership. The partnership's nature and implications for educational practice are explored. (Author/BJV)

Effective problem solvers have an aptitude complex composed of cognitive, affective, and conative factors. After diagnosing learning readiness, instructions can organize strategies to help students structure knowledge and develop the attitudes, confidence, and skills to think through application-level problems. (SK)

Examines whether problem-solving appraisal plays a role in recovery from depression in a university population (N=66). Results were consistent with the hypothesis that self-appraised effective problem solvers would be more likely to recover from a depressive episode than self-appraised ineffective problem solvers. (Contains 29 references.)…

Describes a model for counseling cancer patients that integrates the unique features of the cancer experience within a basic counseling framework. It combines a nine-step problem-solving approach with a biopsychosocial perspective, placing greater emphasis on the person than the problem. Utilizes innovative questioning techniques and strategies.…

Reviews evidence from more than 40 studies that multimedia learning environments can promote constructivist learning that enables problem-solving transfer. Explores the problem of how multimedia instructional messages can be designed to promote problem-solving transfer. (SLD)

Explains why self-determination is important for incarcerated youth; identifies metacognitive problem solving as a foundation for teaching. Describes representative curricula and advises the creation of the educational environment, involvement of significant others, use of collaborative problem solving, teaching of problem-solving skills, and use…

The purpose of the present study is to look at the senses in which everyday workplace interactions can be considered manifestations of learning at work and the ways in which such activity could be supervised. The data consists of discussions between employees taped in two technology enterprises and three municipal youth centres, analysed from an…

Musicians practice to build endurance, flexibility, and dexterity. They practice to maintain good performance, to sight-read better, to memorize, and simply, to enjoy music making. There are other motivations for practice, but one, more than others, is a catalyst for consequential change in musical development--practicing to solve performance…

To understand the current apparent upsurge in classroom incivility, the authors turn to the literature for possible causes and solutions.

Teachers need to be multicultural--able to relate to many cultures with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to better understand growing student diversity. By the year 2010, 40 percent of learners in classrooms will be children of color, while the teaching population will remain around 85 percent white and female (Applied Research Center 2000).…

The paper, part of an all-day workshop, reviews research and theory on left-right hemisphere information processing and psychophysiological models on the functional organization of the brain. Hemisphericity is considered in terms of language, cognitive styles, role in education, verbal and non-verbal processing, affective concomitants, and…