Compared effects of problem-solving therapy (PST), reminiscence therapy (RT), or waiting-list control (WLC) on 75 randomly assigned older adults diagnosed with major depressive disorder. At posttreatment, both PST and RT conditions produced significant reductions in depressive symptoms, compared with WLC group, and PST participants experienced…

Offers five approaches parents can use for conflict resolution with their children: directing, collaborating, compromising, accommodating, and avoiding. The conflict management styles inventory is included to help parents identify how they most often respond to conflicts with their children. (SM)

Recounts efforts made between 1801 and 1806 by French physician Itard to educate Victor, a boy found living in the wild in Aveyron. Explains how Itard's work with Victor, which met with limited success, led to the establishment of a school for educating clinical idiots. Describes procedures developed by Itard that are basic to the current…

Investigates the relationship of locus-of-control orientation and task structure to the science problem-solving performance of 100 same-sex, sixth-grade student pairs. Some overall conclusions were that there was no relationship between locus-of-control orientation and effectiveness of problem-solving strategy. Internality was significantly…

Presents two solutions of the Isis Problem, finding the dimensions of a rectangle for which the numerical values of the area and perimeter are equal, to hypothesize how the ancient Egyptians may have solved the problem without the benefits of more modern mathematics. (MDH)

Paul H. Hanus, founder of the Harvard Division of Education and chair of the Massachusetts Commission on Industrial Education (1906-09), believed that vocational education was the chief source of personal usefulness and catalyst for all academic achievement. He emphasized that vocational education can help students apply knowledge to solving…

"Composition analysis" refers to the mathematics of how component measures combine to produce composite measures based on Bookstein's functions. Composition analysis is applied to the different ways group members might work together such that their individual measures can be combined mathematically to calculate an expected measure for…

From a survey of 1,000 high school students, the following science anxieties were found: (1) danger anxiety, (2) test anxiety, (3) math and problem-solving anxiety, (4) squeamish anxiety, (5) performance anxiety, and (6) classroom anxiety. (PR)

Comments two responses to author's article "Listening for the Voices of Care and Justice in Counselor Supervision" (Twohey and Volker, 1993). Responds to Ellis and Robbins (1993) by clarifying perspective on relationship between moral decision making and supervision. Takes issue with Bernstein's (1993) comments about superiority of instrumental…

Three studies examined preschoolers' use of desires to solve theory of mind problems. Findings indicated that even young children could correctly attribute a false belief to an agent when that belief was about the status of a pretense. Subjects found it easier to attribute a false belief when the desires of the agent were eliminated. (Author/KB)

Discusses the relationship between areas of learning skills and metacognitive monitoring processes by focusing on mathematics. Examines the success level in standardized mathematical testing and awareness regarding control processes during the test execution of third grade (N=397) and fourth grade (N=394) children. Concludes that numerical and…

Presents an educational game on probability that can be the starting point for an open-ended statistical project. (ASK)

Presents a mathematical problem on calculating the length of a groove on a long-playing record. Analyzes the problem-solving stages by using two methods of estimation or calculation. (ASK)

Discusses the use of Calvin & Hobbes comic strips to point out steps in the Big6 information problem-solving process. Students can see what Calvin is doing wrong and then explain how to improve the process. (LRW)

Two education professors developed New Teacher Groups to offer a safe place where beginning teachers can voice their concerns, share their joys and frustrations, and help one another deal with problems. Interviews with participants revealed that nearly two-thirds attended for personal and professional support they could get nowhere else. (MLH)