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Hall, Jay; Williams, Martha S. – J Appl Behav Sci, 1970
Comparisons between trained and untrained groups with respect to their performance on the 12 Angry Men decision making task indicated that trained groups consistently performed more effectively than untrained on measures of decision quality, utilization of superior resources, and creativity. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Group Dynamics
LaPatra, J. W. – Eng Educ, 1970
When an engineering researcher changes from his work on things to research on people, he faces an array of new ethical questions, and a new view of scientific objectivity must be developed for the study of man and society. (IR)
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Engineering Education, Mathematical Models, Problem Solving
Polishhook, Shelia Stern – J Higher Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Collective Bargaining, Decision Making, Elections
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Torrance, E. Paul; Torrance, Pansy – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1972
Article is based on an evaluation report of a creativity workshop for disadvantaged children conducted in 1971. (Authors)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Expression, Curriculum, Disadvantaged Youth
May, Lola J. – Grade Teacher, 1972
Article describes a math game for developing problem-solving skills and strategies in the classroom math lab. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Educational Games, Elementary School Mathematics
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Thomas, Lawrence G. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1972
The process of making and testing value judgments is conceived as a modified form of problem-solving in the naturalistic, relativistic tradition of John Dewey and the latter-day experimentalists. (Author)
Descriptors: Conflict, Cultural Context, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy
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Noller, Ruth B. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 1971
Discusses a few of the approaches in applying general semantics to the teaching of creativity. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Creative Expression, Creative Teaching, Creativity
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Winicki, Sidney A. – Psychology in the Schools, 1972
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consultation Programs, Evaluation, Intervention
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Ferreira da Silva, Jose – Scientia Paedagogica Experimentalis, 1971
The theme of the article was to show how children acquire logical structures. Following up these studies on logical structure, another study attempted to ascertain if skills could be learned at times other than when spontaneously acquired. The results showed that the children need help in solving the problems posed. Another method of heuristic…
Descriptors: Learning, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Logical Thinking
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Kessler, Bernard M. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1971
Descriptors: Algorithms, Discovery Learning, Induction, Learning
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Craddock, Richard S.; Arnsdorf, Val – Journal of Geography, 1971
Three series of eight fifteen-minute programs were made with conceptual and process orientation. Data was presented and open questions asked, but not answered. New ways of using traditional materials were demonstrated, as was the adaptability of television to non-expository teaching. (NH)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Discovery Processes, Educational Television, Elementary Education
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Cramer, Robert E.; Boehm, Richard G. – Journal of Geography, 1971
Three series of eight fifteen-minute programs each were made conceptual and process oriented. Data was presented and divergent questions asked about it, but not answered. New ways of using traditional materials were demonstrated as was the adaptability of TV to non-expository teaching. (NH)
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Discovery Processes, Educational Television, Elementary Education
Woolever, John D.; Verizzo, Ouida – Sci Children, 1970
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary School Science, Problem Solving, Scientific Attitudes
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George, Kenneth D.; Dietz, Maureen A. – Science Education, 1971
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Environment, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
Robinson, Jerry W. – Balance Sheet, 1971
Discusses five psychological conditions which should accompany the initiation and development of typewriting problem and production skills. They are: (1) Readiness, (2) Contiguity, (3) Reinforcement, (4) Transfer, and (5) Guidance. (JS)
Descriptors: Business Education, Guidance, Learning Processes, Learning Readiness
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