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Torrance, E. Paul – Theor Pract, 1969
Descriptors: Change Agents, Problem Solving, Task Performance
Hicks, Robert A.; and others – Psychol Rep, 1969
Descriptors: College Students, Problem Solving, Research, Task Performance
Kintsch, Walter; And Others – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Memory, Problem Solving, Retention (Psychology), Semantics
Simon, Roger I. – J Exp Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Decision Making, Difficulty Level, Problem Solving, Task Performance
Peer reviewedRaaheim, Kjell; Kaufmann, Geir – Journal of General Psychology, 1974
The hypothesis that a relationship exists between scores on an intellegience test and success in attempts at solving a writing task problem was supported for 15-16 year old boys. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Ability, High School Students, Intelligence, Problem Solving
Scott, Marcia S. – Develop Psychol, 1970
Suggests that 5-year-old children are capable of quite subtle problem solving. (MH)
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Problem Solving, Task Performance, Transfer of Training
Lineberry, C. S. – Educational Technology, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Industrial Training, Models, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedJohnson, Peder J.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1971
Experiments were conducted to determine the influence upon task difficulty of these factors: age; percentage of redundancy between relevant and irrelevant cues; saliency of reinforcement, discriminability of relevant nonpreferred dimension, and learning set pretraining to reject preferred irrelevant dimensions. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Cues, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedReid, William J. – Social Work, 1975
Does a task-centered approach offer a way to make casework more effective? A controlled experiment suggests that a client carries out a specific, agreed-on task more effectively when casework interviews provide guidance for this task. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Caseworkers, Problem Solving, Research Projects
Peer reviewedSleeman, D. H. – International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 1975
Paper discusses in some detail the design of a problem-solving monitor and includes an annotated student protocol and the corresponding problem-solving graph. (Author)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Conflict Resolution, Deduction, Problem Solving
Download full textDAVIS, GARY A.; AND OTHERS – 1967
TWO SWITCH-LIGHT PROBLEMS WERE USED TO INVESTIGATE THREE VARIABLES THAT INFLUENCE PROBLEM-SOLVING PERFORMANCE--(1) THE NUMBER OF DISTRACTING RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES, (2) THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES, AND (3) THE NUMBER OF MINIMALLY REQUIRED RESPONSES. IN THE PROBLEMS USED, THE SUBJECT ATTEMPTED TO ACHIEVE A PARTICULAR PATTERN OF…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Processes, Performance Factors, Problem Solving
BLATT, SIDNEY J. – 1963
THE EFFECT OF ANXIETY ON COGNITIVE PROCESS HAS BEEN AN AREA OF EXTENSIVE RESEARCH. CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE HAS INDICATED THAT HIGH ANXIOUS SUBJECTS ARE INFERIOR TO LOW ANXIOUS SUBJECTS ON COMPLEX COGNITIVE TASKS. ANOTHER FACTOR WHICH MAY INFLUENCE THE EFFECTS OF ANXIETY IS THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A TASK IS PRESENTED. RECENT RESEARCH HAS SUGGESTED…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Performance Factors
Pecan, Erene V.; Schvaneveldt, Roger W. – Develop Psychol, 1970
Higher levels of predicting the more frequent event were achieved with males than females; with the contingent than the noncontingent situation; and with adult males than boys in the noncontingent situation. Females were more likely to repeat an incorrect prediction. (MH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Learning Theories, Probability, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedMcGee, R. T. – School Management, 1970
A result-getting approach that entails clearly defining a committee's responsibility and establishing a deadline for fulfilling it. (Author/MF)
Descriptors: Committees, Objectives, Organizations (Groups), Problem Solving
Information Processing in Problem Solving as a Function of Developmental Level and Stimulus Saliency
Eimas, Peter D. – Develop Psychol, 1970
Portions of this paper were presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Santa Monica, California, March 1969. (MH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Problem Solving
