The university professor who participates in inservice training may be either a stimulator, who conducts a particular type of program proposed and planned rather fully by someone else, or a consultant, who provides training in the processes of problem identification and solution within a general area. The former role demands extensive preplanning…

The development and use of intuitive thinking, at all levels of education, have been of concern to scholars in recent years. This paper discusses the findings and theories of various scholars about intuitive thinking and learning, including the work of Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, Richard Jones, and Robert Ornstein. The paper also explores the use…

This booklet is one of the National Humanities Faculty publications designed to examine the question of what is taught, and why. This dialogue between Edwin Delattre and Thomas Donovan explores how humans go about reasoning and solving problems according to their collective, reflective intelligence. (Author/MJ)

The use of a problem-solving approach in teaching zoology is examined, especially in teaching the topic of insects in the seventh grade. (Author/ND)

The author presents these three ground rules for engaging in organizational conflict: (1) take the offensive; (2) take the cue for the second move from the opponent's defensive response; and (3) know when to execute a "strategic retreat." (HMV)

Students were presented with the problem of finding all magic squares of order three. (SD)

Students are learning too many facts, and not enough emphasis is being placed on observational skills. An activity is suggested for college students which shows how observations are made and problems formulated from them. (BB)

Describes a curriculum planning approach that employs a systematic process for identifying alleged training needs, investigating the case in a preproject study, setting priorities, and adopting a project list and budget. Discusses the makeup and roles of the curriculum planning council and professional planning staff. Provides a problem…

Three approaches to teaching university-level creative problem-solving skills are described. (BD)

Two randomized trials were conducted to determine (1) whether the use of the algorithm system has a measurable effect on the clinical problem-solving behavior of physician's assistants, and (2) if so, which components of the algorithm system account for the effect. Inconclusive findings are reported. (LBH)

The nature of insight is discussed as it relates to mathematical models. Intuition and the intuitively obvious are argued to have no necessary connection with models. (MP)

A small-group tutorial technique is described that develops creative thinking in students having difficulties in problem solving. (MP)

Attraction had its strongest impact on dyadic satisfaction, a nonperformance outcome of the experiment. Among the all-female dyads, racial composition of the dyad was significantly related to satisfaction: interracial dyads had higher levels of satisfaction than intraracial dyads. (Author/WI)