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Levy, Margo; Otero, George – 1980
These action oriented activity cards dealing with conflict situations are for use with secondary students. The cards are intended to supplement any course dealing with conflict, including U.S. history, sociology, English, literature, economics, area studies, or political science. The cards are organized by color into certain broad categories which…
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Language Arts
Meade, Edward J., Jr. – ASCD Yearbook 1969, 1969
Chapter 3 in Life Skills in School and Society.
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Objectives, Individual Development, Leisure Time
Camp, Bonnie W.; Bash, Mary A. – 1978
This program adapts the Think Aloud method, originally designed to assist young aggressive boys in achieving greater self-control, to improve problem-solving skills among first and second graders. Modeling of self-instructional verbalizations is used to teach children a systematic approach to analyzing a problem, planning an attack and evaluating…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Inservice Teacher Education, Modeling (Psychology)
Swartz, Vicki – 1980
This paper explores research on problem solving and suggests a problem-solving approach to elementary school social studies, using a culture study of the ancient Egyptians and King Tut as a sample unit. The premise is that problem solving is particularly effective in dealing with problems which do not have one simple and correct answer but rather…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Problem Solving
Download full textStapp, William B., Ed.; Cox, Dorothy A., Ed. – 1974
This activities book for lower elementary grades is the second book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more sensitive to their…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Environmental Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Stapp, William B., Ed.; Cox, Dorothy A., Ed. – 1974
This activities book for the middle elementary grades is the third book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth presented in Book 1. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Instructional Materials
Stapp, William B., Ed.; Cox, Dorothy A., Ed. – 1974
This activities book for the upper elementary grades is the fourth book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth presented in Book 1. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Instructional Materials
Stapp, William B., Ed.; Cox, Dorothy A., Ed. – 1974
This activities book for the senior high school level is the sixth book of a series of six books designed to provide developmental K-12 experiences designed to support the basic environmental philosophy of spaceship earth presented in Book 1. The aims of the four activity sections of this book are to aid in developing students to make them more…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Environmental Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Williams, James B.; Mardell, Edward A. – 1973
Life skills are problem solving and human relations skills, applied responsibly and appropriately to the management of one's life. This manual was prepared to describe and present modifications to the lessons in a previously published coaching manual to make them appropriate for use in a correctional setting. Specifications for lessons which…
Descriptors: Adults, Correctional Education, Guides, Human Relations
1973
This presentation discusses the use of simulation games in the training of resident assistants, and discusses such items as student response to this type of training device, rate of success in promoting discussion, stimulating thinking, and developing skills, and the use of this device as a vehicle for peer feedback. Three specific games are…
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making Skills, Emergency Programs, Feminism
Peer reviewedCrombag, H. F. M.; And Others – Journal of Legal Education, 1975
Research on problem-solving, which has been conducted by experimental psychologists, is used to develop a working legal education program for helping law students learn to solve legal problems. (JT)
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Higher Education, Lawyers, Legal Education
Peer reviewedWright, Emmett L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1978
Examines the feasibility of intensive instruction (II) in either the observation of details or hypothesis generation, utilizing a discrepant event filmloop, as a model for improving the open exploration skills of ninth graders. (Author/GA)
Descriptors: Achievement, Aptitude, Behavior, Inquiry
Peer reviewedTuzil, Teresa Jordan – Social Work, 1978
By its very nature, writing encourages the active participation of the client in the problem-solving process. For individuals who have been unable to take full advantage of the more traditional "let's talk about it" type of counseling, it can prove to be a significant step in the right direction. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Counseling Objectives, Descriptive Writing
Peer reviewedWicker, Frank W.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1978
Two types of instruction were emphasized in the solution of insight problems. One study directed subjects to reformulate their initial view of the problem to avoid unnecessary assumptions about it; another required visualization of problem components. Results indicated that reformulation instructions contributed to performance, but visualization…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Conceptual Schemes, Higher Education, Logical Thinking
Peer reviewedGreer, R. Nancy; Blank, Stanley S. – American Educational Research Journal, 1977
Relationships between cognitive style, conceptual tempo, and problem solving strategies of 81 fifth-grade students were examined. While cognitive style was not related to strategies used in problem solving, conceptual tempo influenced time spent and quality and quantity of questions asked. Effective training techniques were also described.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo, Educational Programs, Grade 5
