Evaluates technology support in Chesapeake (Virginia) Public Schools, including level of computer use, problem resolution, status of training, and costs. Offers several recommendations to improve technology support. (PKP)

Business schools have made efforts to inject critical thinking into programs by adopting critical management pedagogy or teaching managerial decision making. A more comprehensive approach would include critical thinking and decision making but also address other managerial thinking tasks and challenges. (Contains 79 references.) (SK)

Describes a technique called interactive auditions. Notes that the goals of this type of auditions are: to build a working relationship between the director, stage manager, and actors; and to create a cooperative environment. Suggests that this technique gives the actor a less fearful view of the audition process. (PM)

Examines problem complexity, inquiry method, learning style, and presentation method to quantify the magnitude of their effects on learning scientific inquiry in high school science curriculum. Recommends the use of collaborative learning tools to accommodate diverse learning styles in distance learning environments and proposes a paradigm for…

Describes a study that examined fifth-grade Finnish pupils' problem-solving processes in a LEGO/Logo technology-based learning environment. Results indicate that learning model and gender account for group differences in problem solving processes, and are interpreted as supporting the validity of discovery learning. (Author/LRW)

Describes a study at the University of Twente (Netherlands) that investigated the effect of two instructional variables, manipulation of objects and guidance, in learning to use the logical connective, conditional with a computer-based learning environment, Tarski's World, designed to teach first-order logic. Discusses results of…

Describes a five-year Canadian-Indonesian faculty development project that involved a variety of activities and resulted in sustainable faculty development, namely the creation of faculty development centers in two post-secondary institutions. Discusses the mentor-mentee relationship, developing expertise, understanding multiple cultural contexts,…

Examines the role of rhetorical strategies in repairing damaged corporate relationships. Demonstrates the utility of an integrated model (multiple-publics concept and strategies of apologia) to corporate public relations through a case study of Union Carbide's justification of the Bhopal gas leak. (KEH)

Describes the budgetary realities faced by a day care center director who is interested in improving quality of care, compensation of staff, and affordability to parents--the child care trilemma. Concludes by suggesting several short-term measures that might begin to address these issues. (DR)

A large California school district provides on-the-job management training at building and central office levels for 10 promising school employees (including teachers) annually. Trainees develop 15 administrative competencies through hands-on experience and exposure to 4 activities: working with mentors, district seminars, training sessions, and…

This article outlines both specific barriers to teaching and learning creative thinking as well as some possible directions for solutions. Sixteen common barriers such as confusion, powerlessness, and negativity are described along with strategies to dissolve them using such conceptual tools as awareness plans and proactive metathinking.…

Discusses why Black inventors historically were not recognized by society and the consequences of this discrimination. Covers the following inventors who defied the odds and beat the stereotype to invent important items: (1) Norbert Rillieux; (2) Jan Ernst Matzeliger; (3) Granville T. Woods; and (4) Garrett A. Morgan. (JS)

Compared qualitative aspects of problem solving among suicide attempters (N=13), suicide ideators (N=16), and nonsuicidal psychiatric patients (N=31). Found less versatility, more avoidance, less relevance, more negative affect and less reference to future in solutions of suicidal patients than nonsuicidal patients and more active solutions…

Changing one's mind and keeping the mind open will be essential decision-making skills in the future. Positive uncertainty helps clients deal with ambiguity, accept inconsistency, and use the intuitive side of choosing. (TE)

Modernization or reconstruction programs can be coordinated by developing a relocation plan for each school site. A relocation plan is a detailed outline of the proposed work to be accomplished in a planned sequence to accommodate the educational needs of the school during the project. (MLF)