This literature review concerns the relationships between imitation-modeling as a learning process and creative behaviors. If it can be demonstrated that creative (unusual, flexible) behaviors are increased upon seeing other creative behaviors modeled, this finding would contradict the simple matching to template interpretation for modeling…

This paper defines secondary ignorance as "not knowing that one does not know" and goes on to discuss the prevalence of secondary ignorance among school children. It describes a study in which a group of elementary school children were asked to find solutions to problematic situations and to indicate on a five-point scale how certain they were…

The terms "case study" and "case" are used in this study to indicate the description of a situation which is used as a basis for study and discussion. "Case leader" is used to indicate the person responsible for the learning situation; "students" are those who are there to learn, including senior managers of mature years. Case studies are used…

The purpose of the study was to present a precise interpretation of the Poincare-Hadamard conception of mathematical problem solving, to provide a transition from theory into practice by making tactical suggestions on how to generate productive problem-solving thought, and to translate these specific suggestions into tentative objectives and…

This paper suggests four sources of inconclusive results in studies of school effects: Poor definitions of school context, poor sampling techniques, lack of attention to techniques of partitioning variance, and a lack of awareness of the effects of changing units of analysis on the size of statistical associations. Each problem is briefly…

The past 20 years have seen a resurgence of interest on the part of psychologists in what used to be called "the higher mental processes," with the difference that while the earlier workers were concerned with the power of reasoning, recent interest has centered upon the use of language. The scope of the material that has appeared is frequently…

The study sought to determine the relationship between problem solving ability and problem presentation stimuli of textbook (T), student generated (S), pictorial (P), textbook and pictorial (TP), and student generated and pictorial (SP). Ten problems for each stimulus were presented to ninth grade algebra students randomly assigned within IQ…

This paper describes some of the substantive areas of role conflict between administrative and teaching personnel and suggests some strategies designed to resolve these conflicts that are viewed as a necessary and ongoing part of change. The areas of role conflict are identified as: a) the degree of expertise in educating students shown by…

The Creativity Center, a consortium of 56 cooperating specialists, has as its primary objective the development of a computer-aided process which will assist the common man in solving the problems of daily life more creatively. The current model guides an individual by questions which lead to an acceptable solution to the problem. Over the…

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO EXAMINE THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF SEVEN PROBLEMS IN THE TEACHING OF ARITHMETIC. THE VALIDITY OF THE PROBLEMS WAS INVESTIGATED ON THE CRITERIA OF (1) DIFFERENTIATING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ARITHMETIC, GRADES 3-6, FROM COMPARABLY EDUCATED NONTEACHERS, (2) BEING SENSITIVE TO THE EFFECTS OF ELEMENTARY…

Article described a project in which students learned to cooperate and communicate as they built a "police car." (RK)

This study compared the behaviors of children who had been in a toddler day care program at least 13 months with children who had been there less than 6 months. The children who had been in the program longer were rated significantly higher in ability to get along with peers, problem solving, ability to abstract, and ability to plan. (JMB)

Discussed are five dimensions through which one may better analyze and understand the nature and extent of a problem. (BD)

Two mathematical brainteasers, with solutions depending on involved trial-and-error processes, are shown to have ingenious solutions. (MP)

Thirty elementary school students were divided into four groups based on level of pretest approval and response strategy shown on a "probe" following treatment. The efficacy of a social stimulus was tested using a two-choice discrimination learning task in which every correct response was reinforced with the word "good." (Author/JMB)