Sixty fifth-grade students were randomly assigned to a group to be trained in solving Inhelder and Piaget's pendulum problem by Siegler's method or to a control group. A significant training effect was found. A weak transfer effect was found, but delayed performance showed no training effect. (Author/BW)

Examines the arguments of three educators (J. P. White, D. Cochrane, and B. Crittenden) who have criticized instructional attempts to expand children's creativity. While flaws in theory and practice are admitted, it is maintained that the critics apply standards to creative education that are not applied to general classroom teaching. (Author/SJL)

The processes and perceptions of pupils in the mathematical processing of proofs are examined in clinical interviews of secondary school pupils. Analysis of the data led to the identification of clusters of characteristic response types. (MP)

Describes the numerical methods of relaxation and over-relaxation for solving Laplace's equation for a system of conductors, and gives several examples of their use. (Author/GA)

An example is discussed in which a drill exercise, initially involving whole number addition, can be used to develop concepts in equations of many variables. (MP)

Examines the effects of different amounts of irrelevant information on adult age differences in problem solving. Reaction times were slower as a function of increased age and increased levels of variable irrelevant information. Age-associated inability to ignore irrelevant information is partially responsible for the well-documented decline in…

The problem-solving process within counseling was analyzed by extending a problem-solving model proposed by D'Zurilla and Goldfried. The counseling process is a problem-solving event, a perspective that may lead researchers into new research problems and greater specificity. Research from psychological, industrial, and counseling fields delineated…

Determined if Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised subtest patterns would differentiate the performance of emotionally disturbed and learning-disabled children. Subtests differentiated significantly between diagnostic categories. Learning-disabled children performed predictively poorer on block design, picture arrangement, and object…

Facetiously examines heuristics in mumbling, staring, moving, doodling, and noise that can be used by writing teachers to help their writing students with rhetorical invention. (RL)

A combined discipline counseling approach treats both symptoms and causes of discipline problems, while also providing accountability for behavior. Over the five-year period that this approach has been in operation at the Bridge Street Junior High in Wheeling (West Virginia), the number of repeat offenders has declined. (WD)

Presented is a study that underscores the extent to which students do not understand the use or meaning of letters in equations. (MP)

Creativity and the characteristics of the creative personality are explored in an attempt to show both that creativity exists in handicapped children and is a valuable attribute to be developed in these students. Attributes of the creative personality are pointed out, and a model for the identification of creativity is presented. (Author)

Based on information gained in an interview with a 12-year-old girl in grade seven, a rational reconstruction of the student's problem-solving strategy is proposed and compared with the strategies normally prescribed in contemporary school mathematics textbooks. (Author/CHC)

Studies about how schools improve indicate that the process of improvement happens simultaneously on two levels: the individual teacher level and the level of the school as an organization. Staff development, networking, and problem-centered activities are current approaches found promising for school improvement. (Author/MLF)

Investigates the way that mothers and their preschool children divided up strategic responsibilities for carrying out a problem-solving task which involved making a puzzle in accordance with a model. Among the results, findings suggest that adults' communicative moves were fulfilling different functions for children at different ages. (Author/RH)