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 problem deck contains over 150 problems related to the module "Using Tables to Solve Problems." The problems are presented at five levels of difficulty and contain four basic types of two-dimensional tables: (1) constant sum; (2) constant differences; (3) constant quotient or ratio; and (4) constant product. (MP)

One of the implicit goals of the Mathematical Problem Solving Project, MPSP, was to increase the teachers' awareness of what problem-solving is and of different ways of solving problems. The problem solving sort task was developed to assess change due to involvement with MPSP in the teachers' perception of what problems they would use to teach…

REPORTED IS A STUDY WHICH (1) ANALYZED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TEACHING METHOD DEVELOPED TO IMPROVE THE STUDENT'S SCIENCE PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY, AND (2) INVESTIGATED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS MEASURED AND THE STUDENT'S SCIENCE BACKGROUND, CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY, AND GRADE POINT AVERAGE. CONCLUDED WAS (1) THAT THE…

This investigation evaluated the effectiveness of a teaching approach on the students' ability to demonstrate and retain specific behaviors of science inquiry skill in the attainment of critical thinking ability in problem-solving situations. The sample consisted of 318 first-year liberal arts, chemistry students who were assigned to three groups,…

A problem solving skill was investigated to provide direction for training strategies for a proposed personal problem solving training program. There were eight treatment groups utilized including video-tape modeling, audiotape modeling, social modeling through means of a written booklet, parallel treatments for each of these using social…

The basic tenet of Programed Instruction (PI), that learning occurs best when knowledge is imparted in small increments, appears to apply to associative rather than deductive process. One may best learn definitions via association, and best learn inference via unified understandings. This hypothesis was tested by structuring two modes of…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a greater increase in problem-solving ability of capable but poorly prepared college freshmen in a modern mathematics program occurs when students are taught to use discovery techniques. Two experimental and two control groups were formed from 70 college freshmen; two instructors were each…

Ways of helping coaches to counsel unemployed adults in the solving of their personal problems are explored in this manual. Originally printed as two separate volumes, this reprinting of the study has bound the two together. Volume I involves a general discussion of life's problems and of the need to solve them. This volume contains four parts.…

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…

The objective of this study is to identify some of the structural features of an elementary logic curriculum which affect logic problem difficulty. The system under review is a computer-based logic instructional system (LIS) at Stanford University. Four modes of problem presentation--multiple-choice, truth-analysis, counterexample, and derive--are…

This publication was designed to help teachers learn about promising materials, methods, and techniques for teaching creative thinking and problem solving to disadvantaged elementary school children. Two kinds of reviews of published teaching materials for specific grade levels and subject areas are included: (1) reviews of commercially published…

Does the inquiry method really make a difference in educational development? Author launched a review of research literature reported during the past decade, with special focus on the use of inquiry for teaching the social studies. (Author/RK)

Describes an engineering course consisting of a sequence of specific, actual cases, that emphasizes the development of skills in synthesizing information, and in identifying and solving practical engineering problems. (MLH)

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)