There are lots of ways to handle behavior problems in the classroom. Some teachers send difficult children to time out, others tell them what and what not to do, and many explain why. But these techniques have one thing in common: they all do the thinking for the child. In this article, the author discusses how to help children handle conflicts…

The game of chess is recommended as a school activity. In addition to requiring that individuals become actively involved in a mentally demanding competition, its effects are stimulating, wholesome, and healthy. Several benefits accrue from the teaching and promoting of chess in schools. Chess limits the element of luck (teaching the importance of…

This article is concerned with an environmental education program designed to allow students, grades five through eight, to investigate important ecological relationships. The course has two phases, the awareness phase whereby students construct the Environmental-Ecological Web, and the involvement phase whereby they use it to investigate local…

This instructional packet is one of a series of five modules that emphasize a systematic decision-making model for common problematic situations. The steps of the model are identifying the problem, gathering information, developing and assessing alternatives, implementing a solution, and evaluating and modifying the solution. Aimed at adult basic…

This pamphlet is designed to give help in developing problem solving by examples of techniques at grade levels one through six. A number of illustrations are presented of problems that are typical of the types appropriate at each grade level. For each problem, a suggestion of a solution appears with alternative methods suggested in several cases.…

Four procedures are stated which are inherent in problem solving: (1) understanding the problem; (2) planning to solve the problem; (3) solving the problem; and (4) reviewing the problem and the solution. Each of the four procedures is illustrated using problems appropriate for elementary school children. These illustrations are accompanied by…

This publication is a guide for the design of student projects in environmental education. A few advantages of problem-focused projects are: easy incorporation into the ongoing curriculum; opportunity for joint student/teacher use of knowledge, information, and skills in action-oriented activities related to local environmental concerns;…

The envrionmental education project, "A Problem Approach," was designed to involve University faculty and community leaders in a number of goals. They attempted to produce a series of audio-taped slide presentations designed to develop a working level of environmental literacy in the project participants and in those people who…

The study concerned (1) identifying component processes of discovery and rule learning; (2) describing differences in learning outcomes produced by the two instructional methods, and; (3) optimizing learning. It was believed that understanding the effects of aptitude, instructional methods, and their interaction is important in the study of…

Presented are three activities for teaching environmental studies using a decision-making approach. Students must locate an industry in the local area applying environmental criteria. Other objectives include developing map skills, photo interpretation skills, field study skills, collecting data from various resources, and defining man's role in…

Inquiry is defined here as the scientist's method of problem solving. Presents a bent wire phenomenon activity designed to engage students in the active process of solving a problem in science. A model is proposed to explain the phenomenon. (MA)

Techniques that can be used in solving various mathematical problems are illustrated by an optimization problem and the accompanying model and solution. (MP)

Discusses the Workers' Education Branch of the ILO (International Labour Organisation), which has been developing workers' education activities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America for the purpose of assisting rural workers' organizations in identifying and developing plans to overcome their own major organizational and financial problems. (CT)

The bibliography lists 101 resources dealing with creativity and creative development. Age levels range from under 12 years to adult. Approaches include "how-to" literature and technical information. Areas covered include art, advertising, problem solving, use of tools, use of materials, use of mediums, use of color, techniques, format, and…

A problem concerning the ratio of the area of a hexagon and a triangle is presented, with the emphasis on possible extensions of the problem. (MNS)