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Edmund, Norman W. – 2000
This booklet introduces the SM-14 (Scientific Method) Formula and lists characteristics of the scientific method. A history and progression of the scientific method is also featured. Contents include: (1) The Basic Principles of the Scientific Method; (2) Submitting Ideas Incorporating SM-14; (3) The 11 Stages of the SM-14 Formula and Famous…
Descriptors: Creativity, Decision Making, Evaluation, Inquiry
Brillinger, Ray – Canadian Training Methods, 1975
Descriptors: Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Individual Development, Problem Solving
Download full textFOREHAND, GARLIE A. – 1967
MENTAL ABILITY CAN BE MEASURED BY THE PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS RATHER THAN BY THE NUMBER OF CORRECT SOLUTIONS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY ARE--(1) TO DEVELOP AND STUDY PROPERTIES OF MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES WHICH REVEAL THE PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS, (2) TO DEVELOP WAYS OF DESCRIBING INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THEIR PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESSES, AND (3) TO…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Decision Making
Peer reviewedGilbert, George L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 1980
Discussed are strategies of problem solving in chemistry teaching. This paper consists of three sections: (1) an assessment of the ways in which problem-solving skills are currently taught; (2) various techniques for problem solving; and (3) recommendations for improving problem solving. (HM)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Decision Making, Educational Strategies
PDF pending restorationEdmund, Norman W. – 1994
The scientific method originated centuries ago, but it is taught only to a limited degree in science classes. It is proposed that the scientific method is not just a method for scientists, but also offers a general approach to problem definition and solving and serves as a guide to problem prevention and solution-challenging. The Scientific Method…
Descriptors: Creativity, Curiosity, Decision Making, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedPhillips, D. C. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1985
Discussion of changes in science education and scientific literacy is presented in the form of a dialog between the author and his alter ego. Structure of science, myths, facts, methods, and critical rationality are considered. Suggests that scientific principles once considered basic and unchanging are giving way to critical thinking. (DH)
Descriptors: College Science, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Higher Education
Levy, Alan; Geissbuhler, Stephan – 1973
These five booklets, designed for multilevel use, focus on the process of choice, and how choice directly and indirectly affects the quality of the environment. The purpose behind the booklets is to explore the process of problem solving, making it clear and comprehensible to the student's frame of reference. The series of booklets all focus on…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Curriculum Guides, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1990
The Science 16 program provides for the development of essential concepts, skills, and attitudes in science that will enable students to function successfully in the home, classroom, workplace, and community. The program is activity-based, and provides opportunities for students to relate essential concepts, skills, and attitudes to their own…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Taini, Reno – 1974
Presenting a prospectus for a community environmental education program designed to accommodate 30 senior high school students, this document includes: a description of the course; course rationale; goals; objectives; an operational plan; a course projection schedule; a semester calendar; an orientation trip; an environmental concepts instruction…
Descriptors: Budgets, Career Awareness, Community Involvement, Concept Formation
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Support Branch. – 1990
This monograph provides a comprehensive description of the science, technology, and society (STS) movement in science education. The STS approach strives to broaden the scope of science education by integrating into the science program accurate presentations of the nature of science, the nature of technology, and the interactions of science and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1990
The Science 16 program provides for the development of essential concepts, skills, and attitudes in science that will enable students to function successfully in the home, classroom, workplace, and community. The program is activity-based, and provides opportunities for students to relate essential concepts, skills, and attitudes to their own…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers
