Much of the confusion and nihilism that characterizes today's debates over educational policy can be explained by the tendency to view education, and indeed life, from a narrow and short-term perspective. This "either/or" mentality fails to account for the complexities and paradoxes in schooling and society. (Author/SJL)

Describes a mass media course with the decision-making process at its center. The course uses a set of problem modules, each broken down into a sequence of integrated steps. (JMF)

The use of a group process approach to social problem solving with 32 12- and 13-year-old hearing impaired adolescents is described. It is explained that the classroom meetings lasted about 15 minutes and that the initial sessions focused on student's reactions to the class bully. The roles of the teacher in the group are discussed. (PHR)

Ideas that students can use in generating their own problems are discussed and suggestions are made for implementing this type of activity in the classroom. (MK)

Graphs and charts are discussed in terms of levels of applications and skills necessary for effective use. Five activities, most appropriate for upper-elementary or junior high students, are suggested. (MK)

Recent studies on how students solve problems are summarized and suggestions are made of how engineering teachers can apply this information. (BB)

A planning model for the identification of components, activities, and tasks in educational programs and problem solving situations is described. (RAO)

Creative thinking and problem solving processes were studied in 233 gifted elementary students. (Author/DLS)

Evaluates some reasons for the increase of Catholics who disagree with papal encyclicals and for the decline of practicing Catholics. Provides suggestions that could improve the situation and possibly reverse the current trend of Catholics disassociating themselves from the Church. (Author/RK)

The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands has had a program of vocational rehabilitation since 1974. These islands have been under the trusteeship of the United States since 1946. Describes some concerns, some efforts to deal with them, and future directions for its Vocational Rehabilitation Services. (Author/RK)

Proposes a narrow and more manageable definition of creativity in order to consider the question of whether and how children's art-making may be said to be creative. (Author/RK)

Four K-12 studies and one for grades 3-4 considered which math topics could be taught most effectively with a hand-held calculator, which new mathematical topics could be successfully introduced when using such calculators, and what the implications might be for problem solving. (Author/LS)

A sophomore-level course in applications of mathematics was designed to introduce students to the diversity of situations in which mathematical models are used. The course precedes the study of the calculus, and is composed of a sequence of modules. A problem-solving approach is used. (SD)

Determining which whole numbers can be expressed as the difference of two squares and which as the sum of two squares forms the basis of two discovery exercises. (DT)

This article contains an annotated version of a comprehensive final examination given to an intermediate graduate level college course in data analysis. The author thinks a final examination in a data analysis course ought to test students' abilities to evaluate contemporary empirical political research. (Author/RM)