Two activities that provide motivation for drill problem-solving work are described. Solutions to problems are associated with coded letter puzzles which provide instant feedback as well as motivational interest. (JP)

Because activity in the classroom is the primary focus of educational research, and because teachers are critical about the dissemination and implementation of research products, developers must take into account the growth and development of instructional personnel. Educational development is a multidimensional, transactional phenomenon and must…

Impressions of Robert M. Hutchins and his Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara. The Center houses a catalytic group of scholars who generate ideas rather than actions. Describes some of their thinking on education, science, retrospective futurology, the use of oceans as a world resource, a new constitution, and the…

Argues that since desired social development is at least an implicit aim of educational institutions, it is necessary for teachers to be instructed in the art of social problem solving including emphasis on self management, cognitive dissonance, affiliation, power parity and behavioral modification. (Author/JM)

A discussion of the research'' approach, which involves training teachers to solve classroom problems through scientific problem-solving methods - that is, through the formulation and testing of hypothesis about instructional problems. (Author/HB)

Values of games as teaching strategies are outlined. In the simulation described in this paper students assume certain roles, analyze information, and make decisions. This is an example of how gaming might be used in a problem solving situation in a high school or college classroom. (SM)

Authors summarize some simple, basic ways innovative teachers have sought to extend and unify learning environments for boys and girls in elementary schools. (Authors/CB)

In Louisville, Kentucky, urban education problems were met through numerous organizational, financial, curricular, and personnel changes and retraining. The belief that people support what they help create and that people affected by change must be allowed participation in planning change insured the finding of satisfactory solutions. (Author/JN)

Results showed that both groups of children used a sequential rather than a logical order as a guide in answering questions, and that there was no indication that sighted children used a strategy of spatial coding. (Authors)

Study compared the relative advantages of three training procedures (production, judgment and combined) to a no-training control for three levels of initial ability. (Authors)

A case study in mathematics designed to illustrate how the computer may be instructed to solve complicated problems. The problem is to find the volume of a right truncated cone given the altitude and a half angle or the base radius. (RP)

Provides basic principles of teaching and learning which teachers should use. (SB)