The ability to raise effective questions for problem-solving learning requires considerable skill and much preparation and practice. This research provides a brief examination of three problem-solving models for both elementary and secondary-level classrooms and emphasizes the development of an appropriate teacher question repertory for each phase…

The purpose of this paper is to identify the process for implementation of a system of positive strategy for change. In particular the Problem-Solving model for change strategy will be studied. This model will then be illustrated by its use in a systematic approach to administrative decision-making. (Author)

Administrative experimentation includes a class of heuristics for obtaining feedback on management decisions in what amounts to a continuous trial and error process. Available from Management Science, Institute of Management Sciences, Circulation Dept., 345 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06511; single copy $4.50. (Author/IRT)

It is argued that research settings should be chosen with the whole experimental design in mind and that the availability of appropriate controls (groups or occasions for observation) should be as important as the suitability of the treatment group. (Author/AM)

Some clients need encouragement to call a lawyer for an estate planning consultation. The counselor can prepare the client for the interview and serve with the lawyer as an interdisciplinary team interfacing with the client to guarantee that the family has both legal problems and emotional needs professionally considered. (Author)

Ten functions of program theory are reviewed: contributing to social science knowledge; assisting policymakers, discriminating between theory failure and program failure, identifying the problem and target group, providing program implementation description, uncovering unintended effects, specifying intervening variables, improving formative use…

Presents five steps in grief process: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and resolution and acceptance. Considers grief of new students who transfer into a school, giving up old friendships and familiar surroundings. Examines how counselors can help these students and their families. (NB)

A comprehensive multivariate assessment model for long-term therapeutic adherence and for management of recurrent pain in children and adolescents is presented. Model factors include child psychosocial adjustment, family psychosocial functioning, health related behaviors, and medical parameters. (Author)

Because employment and unemployment are fundamental issues in social welfare, it is useful for social workers to become knowledgeable about various employment policy options and their impacts. This paper presents a conceptual framework that identifies and interrelates a broad range of employment policy options. (Author/MH)

Ratcliff (1985) simulated data from three letter-matching experiments with his diffusion model. The necessity of including a comparison criterion is consistent with the conclusion of Proctor, Rao, and Hurst (1984) that bias of response criteria, alone, is insufficient to generate the fast-same phenomenon. (Author/LMO)

The forms and functions of imagined interaction are discussed. Imagined interaction aids in the clarification of thinking, in dealing with unfinished and emergent relationship business, in preparing for a possibly difficult interaction, and in dealing with opposing aspects of self. (Author/BL)

This article explores the potential of Bayesian inference as a theoretical framework for describing how people evaluate hypotheses. First, it identifies a set of logically possible forms of non-Bayesian behavior. Second, it reviews existing research in a variety of areas to see whether these possibilities are ever realized. (Author/BW)

Examined a theoretical model of adolescent behavior which hypothesizes that depression and self-derogation may lead to a lack of purpose in life, which, in turn, may lead to suicide ideation and substance use. The model adequately accounted for the data although there were some important differences between the sexes. (Author/BL)

A critical review focused on parents, siblings, parent-child interactions, and family systems related to mental retardation is presented. A model is proposed that accounts for the range of possible familial adaptations and the family's coping resources and ecological environments as interactive systems that serve to mediate the family's response…

Presents model of algorithm design (activity in software development) based on analysis of protocols of two subjects designing three convex hull algorithms. Automation methods, methods for studying algorithm design, role of discovery in problem solving, and comparison of different designs of case study according to model are highlighted.…