Studies on individual and group problem solving from the past 15 years are brought together in this volume. Four sections of the book consider individual problem solving and the search for a possible unique factor in creativity. The next four sections concern themselves with the various aspects of group problem solving, and a final part of the…

Dawson, Fairfax County/U.S.A. is a hypothetical community developed by the authors as a teaching aid for undergraduate and graduate courses in environmental engineering, providing a context for problem solving and role playing. It was contrived to provide students opportunities to: (1) identify important community relationships, (2) appreciate the…

The primary objective of this study was to compare problem solving performance among formal operational, transitional, and concrete operational individuals with the effect of relative field independence taken into account within each of these three cognitive developmental levels. Secondarily, the study explored whether a developmental relationship…

A record and interpretation of the Senate hearings on the White House Conference on Youth are presented. Various concerns of youth are pursued. These include: jobs, education, an end to discrimination (racial and otherwise), and the quality of life in the United States. The basic themes that ran through the work of the Conference include: youth…

The memory model, based on information theory proposed by Moser (see SE 013 578), was used to compare the cognitive processing patterns of second and eighth grade Negro and Caucasian students in solving the "parallel circuits" problem. (Connecting two light bulbs and a dry cell so that when both bulbs light, one bulb can be unscrewed,…

A computer-assisted instructional package designed to teach both specific series-solving skills and general problem-solving skills was run in a school environment for one year. Students had access to the program during their free time. This paper analyzes the progress made by one student in both series solving and general problem solving during…

This research was based on the assumption that the teaching of broadly generalizable cognitive skills should be a primary goal of education--that students can be taught to be better insight problem solvers outside of school by training in school and that they can be given the skills necessary for efficient discovery learning. The subjects were 116…

The purpose of curriculum scholarship is to increase understanding of cause and effect relationships pertaining to curriculum characteristics, development, and utilization. The increased understanding on which these various improvements in educational practice depend can be achieved through a combination of several scholarly approaches. Synergy is…

The article presents seven questions on difficult instructional situations. Each question is followed by one or more responses and one or more typical comments that a person might make to the response. The responses and comments offer suggestions for handling the instructional problems. (Author/MS)

Presents two diagrams that model the communication process used by a learner solving academic problems. (PF)

The performance of 19 autistic children on an object discrimination learning set task was compared with that of mental-age and IQ matched control groups of normal and retarded children. (Editor)

This paper discussed two probe techniques (blank trials and introacts) in explorations of problem solving by adults and children. The implications for H (hypothesis) theory, developmental theory, and developmental research are also discussed. (Editor/RK)

One who has been there suggests ways that the job of substitute teaching could be improved. Improvement will come, he says, only through the building principal's commitment to making a substitute's hours more than a babysitting or study hall chore. (Editor)

Identifying the larger (L), smaller (S) and difference (D) of two real numbers, and then selecting the appropriate relationship between L, D, and S can help students solve algebra word problems. (SD)

Describes a course that emphasizes methods of problem-solving rather than learning a particular programing language. (MLH)