Research supported by Grant HD 03045 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, U.S. Public Health Service.

Part of a regular series on curriculum.

This study investigated the relationship between Jensen's Level I-Level II mental abilities and how they correlate with problem solving in college students. The Level I-Level II correlation was not significant, but intelligence and problem solving were significantly correlated. Results are discussed in relation to prior findings. (Author/RD)

In two experiments, high school students read and listened to either a signaled or nonsignaled expository passage. Signals consisted of preview sentences, underlined headings, and logical connective phrases. Results indicated a pattern in which the signaled groups performed better on recall of conceptual information and on generating high quality…

Findings demonstrated that the Guilford-Mednick conceptualization of original thinking is applicable to preschool as well as to older children. (Author/RH)

Grade 7 student subjects, in a study of solving certain types of word problems found in elementary school mathematics materials, did not reread problems carefully, used only one of eight problem-solving heuristics, and did not check their answers, but were willing to persevere in the problem-solving process. (SB)

Least-squares line fitting is developed without calculus. Its rationale and an example with consumption patterns are provided. (MNS)

Twenty-four undergraduate students in special education interacted with a child confederate while solving three tasks with the child either exhibiting distractible or ontask behavior. Analysis of the data using multivariate analysis of variance techniques supported the hypothesis that adults respond differently to particular characteristics of…

Contains explanations and examples of mathematical calculations for a secondary level course on personal finance. How to calculate total monetary cost of an item, monthly payments, different types of interest, annual percentage rates, and unit pricing is explained. (RM)

Responding to an article in the January 1983 issue, "The Incredible Brain," the author claims problem solving is, in part, a social activity requiring communication. Logic is necessary to the process of communication and, therefore, plays an essential role in the complete process of problem solving. (MLF)

All instruction, including social studies, should be concerned with developing both halves of the brain rather than continuing to place emphasis only on those functions which reside in the left cerebral hemisphere. When presented with a social studies problem, students can view it in two ways--logically and intuitively. (RM)