Some of the results of a recent systematic investigation of the rationale underlying the current interest in such essentially problem-oriented instructional modes as the case method and simulation teaching in librarianship are summarized. (Author/PF)

The study reported examines the processes by which university disputes are waged over matters which go beyond policy alone. Typically, such conflicts are suppressed till they can no longer be contained, at which time they erupt with no institutional channels to direct their course. (Editor)

Article investigated the problem of being a practicing artist while teaching art classes. (RK)

Biases in judgment reveal some heuristics of thinking about uncertainty. Three heuristics are discussed. (Author/RH)

Sixty teams of two college students each solved credible "real world" problems co-operatively. Conversations were carried on in one of 10 modes of communication: (1) typewriting only, (2) handwriting only, (3) handwriting and typewriting, (4) typewriting and video, (5) handwriting and video, (6) voice only, (7) voice and typewriting, (8) voice and…

A scheme that can be used in developing objectives and procedures to insure continuity between the definition of needs and the subsequent solution design. (Author)

Article investigated child-rearing practices in other lands as well as student attitudes on how to maintain a reasonable balance of freedom and responsibility for children. (Author/RK)

The roots of racial conflict can be identified, and often predicted, says this author who directs the Community Relations Service of the Justice Department that has helped administrators in 2,000 cases. He lists 10 tension-breeding factors that, if found in your school, may mean you're flirting with a crisis. (Editor)

The authors hypothesize that the concreteness of the mode of item presentation would influence the subjects' performance on the Purdue Elementary Problem Solving Inventory. Results suggest that the variables of degree of disadvantage and ethnic background are sometimes more relevant than the mode in which the content is presented. (HMV)

Paper discusses in some detail the design of a problem-solving monitor and includes an annotated student protocol and the corresponding problem-solving graph. (Author)

In this article the author described the development of the Creative Education Foundation's annual Creative Problem-Solving Institutes. (Editor/RK)

In this paper the mathematical structures of Bourbaki, the Piagetian developmental structures, and Polya's heuristic structures are compared. (SD)

Article turned to advanced managerial concepts as a way of unraveling some of the seemingly insoluble problems that remain associated with the arts. (Author/RK)