An investigative activity dealing with where to pitch a tent at a campsite is described. (MNS)

Students read a fact situation, identify the constitutional issue, find and analyze the portion of the Constitution that treats the issue, and consider the analysis to be an hypothesis that will be supported or will fail when examined in light of reference material, such as Supreme Court case summaries. (RM)

Nineteen student teachers were observed using the Questioning Strategies Observation System and an instrument to measure proficiency in using the problem-solving approach. Student teachers using the approach asked more high-level questions, more low-level questions, and fewer procedural questions, thus emphasizing more cognitively challenging…

Discusses a structure for the problem solving paper. Provides several sample outlines of a hypothetical problem and solution. (HTH)

Construction procedures are explained and suggestions offered concerning the responsibility of the owner-representative to provide supervision of an educational facility construction. Daily supervision is necessary to ensure completion of the project on time and within the budget of the owner. (MLF)

Olympics of the Mind, designed for highly creative K through 12 students, uses the basic elements (defined population, identification procedures, teacher training, student instruction, and problem evaluation) of a varsity sports model. (SB)

Intended primarily for the regular classroom teacher, the article discusses developing material for the gifted--Types I and II Creative Teaching Sequences. Type I is explained to focus on problem solving skills (specifically a positive attitude toward inquiry), while Type II builds on that attitude for advanced creative problem solving. (CL)

The author calls attention to four neglected aspects of gifted children's education in scientific thinking: problem finding, problem solving, problem reevaluation, and scientific reporting. (SW)

Strategies of kindergarten children in discrimination learning were studied in a factorial design with temporal placements of two introtact probes and two types of pretraining. Results support the expectation that the posttrial probe would improve the short-term efficiency of children in both pretraining conditions. (Author/MP)

The five principal aims in the education of "The Wild Boy of Aveyron" by Jean Itard from 1800-1805 are outlined as they relate to special education. (SW)

Reviews the development of programed instruction for problem solving from the Tab Test in 1955 to Patient Management Problems (PMP) in 1967 and written simulation for any setting in 1976. The process of creating written simulations is briefly described, as well as some current developments involving microcomputers and videodiscs. (EAO)

An interview with Martin Gardner, author of the mathematics games columns in Scientific American, is presented. Topics range from problem solving to using calculators. (MNS)

College undergraduates were given Zelniker and Jeffrey's modification of the Matching Familiar Figures Test to assess its psychometric credibility and construct validity for adult problem solvers. The modified test has improved internal consistency and stability over the original. The construct's possible correlation with general problem solving…

Creative training and development of creative problem-solving skills for employees is vital if a business is to grow and flourish in the 80s. Trainers should allow course participants to learn creative problem solving as well as permit training to be the catalyst for changing employee attitudes. (JOW)

Investigates age differences in the impact of play on subsequent tool-use, the influences of task characteristics on the impact of play on tool-use, the ways play aids tool-use, and the effect of play richness on tool-use among 30 children in each of three age groups (from four to five, six to seven, and eight to ten years of age). (RH)