Describes a framework to help teachers decide when to use calculators with their students. (YDS)

Describes how the authors used process drama as a tool by which students assume the persona of characters in a literary text and improvise what the characters might say and how they might react in challenging situations. Discusses how students created modern dramatic interpretations of traditional texts in order to solve problems that parallel…

Focuses on children making sense of multiplication. In an activity called "Silent Multiplication," students use what they know about easier multiplication problems to solve increasingly difficult, related problems mentally. (Author/NB)

Describes student work with linear and nonlinear relationships illustrating algebra skills and understanding which are important to introductory algebra. (YDS)

Explains big ideas in algebra that help students connect ideas with procedures in different mathematical topics to build a relational understanding of algebra. (Contains 10 references.) (YDS)

Previews this special issue of "Mathematical Thinking and Learning," which describes models and modeling perspective toward mathematics problem solving, learning, and teaching. Discusses its characteristics and foundations and provides an example of a model-eliciting activity. (KHR)

Describes the use of calculator based laboratory (CBL) technology in monitoring the process of chemical reactions. Explains the estimation of infinity readings and criteria to choose t values. (YDS)

Described is "Genisys," an instructional program that teaches remedial and mildly handicapped students how to solve complex earth science problems. The program combines a 35-lesson videodisc course with a computer program which uses multiple rules for giving feedback, recycling missed exercises, and diagnosing underlying deficits in…

From their experience with open-ended tests requiring higher-order thinking and problem-solving abilities, schoolchildren in the USSR learn to think before answering. U.S. students instead train for rapid response, learning how to take tests rather than how to solve problems. Tests should be part of the curriculum, not separate from it. (MLH)

Omaha, Nebraska's, full-day kindergarten program was designed to allow students to become actively involved with their environment in a child-centered classroom. The program integrated new learning with past experiences, aided by carefully selected materials fostering interaction and problem solving. The district next designed a developmentally…

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)

An inquiry-oriented teacher education program entitled PROBE (Problem-Based Teacher Education) is described. The fundamental concept of PROBE is based on John Dewey's philosophy that learning is rooted in experience and knowledge derives from a process of inquiry. (JD)

Role playing of basic negotiation styles forms the basis of the A-E-I-O-U curriculum (attack, evade, inform, open, unite). Techniques such as position/need analysis, problem solving, and conflict resolution can be applied beyond the classroom to work and personal situations. (SK)

Examines the problem resolution phase of a retrospective conversion project of monographic records at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (UMass). The kinds of problems encountered are categorized and discussed. Suggestions for developing editing guidelines are offered, and the guidelines developed for standardization of problem resolution at…

Describes a course in problem solving for undergraduates not majoring in mathematics or science. The course was unusually successful in bringing average students to mathematical thinking. (Author/MKR)