The purpose of this paper is to identify the process for implementation of a system of positive strategy for change. In particular the Problem-Solving model for change strategy will be studied. This model will then be illustrated by its use in a systematic approach to administrative decision-making. (Author)

Tells about an assignment in a technical writing course, in which students are presented with a hypothetical problem faced by a business corporation; they then work in groups to write memos detailing possible solutions to the problem. (GW)

Explores the nature and functions of conflict, its role in fundamental individual and social life processes, and its theoretical relationship to communication from a system-theoretic perspective. Indicates a distinction between conflict and para-conflict, and suggests that the latter is characteristically the object of study in speech and…

Explains the properties and gives the derivations of Airy's functions for simple example problems on stress such as the cantilever beam and the tensional cross-bow. (GA)

The course Introduction to Technology (Quebec Department of Education) allows a student to increase his creative processes while increasing his technological awareness. This awareness is developed by the construction of a prototype which arises out of substantive technical information and a perceived personal need relative to a particular theme.…

Administrative experimentation includes a class of heuristics for obtaining feedback on management decisions in what amounts to a continuous trial and error process. Available from Management Science, Institute of Management Sciences, Circulation Dept., 345 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06511; single copy $4.50. (Author/IRT)

Defends improvisational drama as a means of promoting creative problem solving and describes the author's experience as a creative dramatics teacher at an inner-city school. (DD)

Suggests grammatical problem solving, grammatical worksheets, and grammatical poetry as ways of helping students acquire grammatical fluency. (DD)

Study 1 asked second through sixth graders, who could answer inclusion questions, to answer such questions without empirical information about relative quantity and to predict whether subordinate classes could be made larger than their superordinate classes. In study 2, children's performance in two part-whole domains, classes and collections, was…

Critical thinking can best be taught using higher cognitive questioning which includes the process of analysis, synthesis and evaluation. The learner is required to use knowledge in a problem solving manner. Thus, higher cognitive questioning should be used as a tool for developing critical thinking--a vital intellectual operation. (Author/NQ)

Some unconventional word problems containing excessive, inconsistent, or inadequate data and their possible limitations and benefits in a mathematics classroom are discussed. (JT)

Here the essential function that the non-developed world fills for the industrialized communities is brought under critical discussion. (Editor/RK)

A question as to the number of stitches needed for a particular triangular crocheted scarf gives rise to the use of several methods of solution including arithmetic series. (MN)

A problem illustrating how physics and mathematics complement one another when analyzing problems of the physical world is described. (JT)

Derives the general Doppler formula in a nonstatic universe using assumptions of special relativity, homogeneity and isotropy of the universe. Examples of applications to physical cosmology are given. (SL)