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Peer reviewedSnyder, Barbara B. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1973
Changing students' negative attitudes toward working story problems through a special weekly problem-solving activity is described. (DT)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedSedlacek, William E.; Nattress, Leroy W., Jr. – Journal of Medical Education, 1972
Offers a technique whereby students can learn to diagnose patients' problems. (HS)
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Patients, Problem Solving
Resnick, Harold S. – Amer Vocat J, 1970
Students in two teams compete to design a product and mass-produce it. (Editor)
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Educational Games, Industrial Arts, Problem Solving
Huss, William E. – Man/Society/Technology-A Journal of Industrial Arts Education, 1971
Wisdom is the result of problem-solving experiences. (GEB)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Objectives, Industrial Arts, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedMancott, Anatol – Journal of Chemical Education, 1972
Describes an alternative method to algebraic procedures for solving problems involving the proportional composition of a mixture. (TS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Instructional Materials, Problem Sets
Peer reviewedHeaney, Sally – Journal of Biological Education, 1971
Guided discovery was more effective than students performing cook book" experiments or being instructed in a didactic manner when similar curriculum materials were used. The results hold for various mental ages. (AL)
Descriptors: Biology, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Research, Instruction
Glavach, Matt; Stoner, Donovan – J Learning Disabilities, 1970
A technique of using puzzle and problem solving to overcome the failure syndrome is discussed. (JM)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Failure, Learning Problems, Problem Solving
Brown, Stephen I. – Mathematics Teaching, 1971
A discussion of intuition, doubt, and surprise in mathematics arising from a problem involving rational points and lines. (RS)
Descriptors: Analytic Geometry, Instruction, Mathematics, Mathematics Education
Sturgess, David – Mathematics Teaching, 1971
An anecdote shows why children studying mathematics should be given freedom to explore, generalize, classify, and originate proofs. (RS)
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedJacobs, Jon C. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1971
The study was conducted to determine if the cognitive environment of the child from a high ability family could be classified as expansive or restrictive. It was concluded that mothers of gifted children have both styles available to them. The individual orientation of the high ability mother dictates the s tructure utilized. (CD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research
Gillespie, Paul R. – Industrial Arts and Vocational Education, 1971
Eight Different systems you can use to give your vocational-technical graphic arts students maximum lab instruction. (Editor)
Descriptors: Graphic Arts, Learning Motivation, Problem Solving, Student Interests
Larson, Carl E. – Speech Teacher, 1971
A review of small group communication research published mostly in regional and national journals up to 1969." (Author)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Skills, Debate
Peer reviewedGrossman, Anne S. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary School Mathematics, Instruction, Manipulative Materials
Coop, Richard H.; Brown, Laurence D. – J Educ Psychol, 1970
The relationships between cognitive style, teacher-structured presentation and independent problem solving teaching methods, and factual-content and concept-generalization achievement are investigated. (DG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedVan Mondfrans, Adrian P.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1971
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of varying instructions and time to respond in administering divergent thinking tests. Variations in testing conditions change the magnitude and nature of the scores obtained. (Author)
Descriptors: Divergent Thinking, Induction, Problem Solving, Productive Thinking
