This paper considers the setting of evaluation from the perspective of the situations and stages of problem solving in which institutional leaders might call for the assistance of evaluators. This discussion should provide evaluators with a framework to understand and adjust their interactions with the environmental context of the evaluation. R.…

This guide summarizes the theory and process of root cause analysis and shares learnings from real examples. The guide shows how to solve deep-rooted problems that perplex educational systems. The chapters are: (1) Root Cause Basics; (2) Key Indicators of Student Success; (3) Root Cause Processes; (4) Using Root Cause Analysis; (5) Considerations;…

Article considers the causes of happiness and unhappiness in relation to the creative person. (RK)

The authors answer conclusively the question of how certain regular polygons can be "fitted together" around a point in the plane. Proofs lead to the establishment of seventeen cases. (JP)

To estimate whether and, if so, how soon the development of a European policy of education is possible and why structural weaknesses are hindering it, author found it useful to review the situation. (Author/RK)

The basic finding of this study was that two cooperating, discussing individuals were more effective on a concept attainment task that either two cooperating individuals not allowed discussion or two competing individuals. (EH)

This article describes some family images and approaches to problems found in some of television's daytime soap operas'' and raises the question of whether viewers would choose to follow fantasy each day if given other options. (Author)

Debate can be used instructionally as a systematic, orderly procedure for resolving conflicts and teaching students the importance of judgments adequately supported by facts. (MM)

This article describes materials used, issues raised, and experiences shared in a problem-solving workshop for principals led by the author. (Editor)

Three forms of a problem-solving test were given randomly to 322 tenth graders. Performance on the form containing accurate pictorial representations of items was significantly higher than on the form with only prose descriptions, which was in turn significantly higher than on the form with distorted pictorial representations. (DT)

The issue of poverty and Chicanos is discussed from the view point of the conservative, the liberal, the radical institutionalist, and the radical utopian. (NQ)

A description of the in-basket test technique which simulates the problems of a specific management role and requires the examinee to handle these simulated problems as if he were actually on the job.'' (Author/AK)