In-basket exercises provide the tool whereby the learner's potential for handling applied problems made up of many interacting variables can be measured. (Author/HD)

Describes a multidisciplinary course in the sciences, humanities, and engineering that teaches the use of evidence in problem-solving. The guided design teaching method is used, in which the instructor circulates among small discussion groups to advise them on problem-solving. (MLH)

The times children take to reach correct solutions to seven easy Block Design items from the try-out version of the British Intelligence Scale were analyzed in terms of two regression models. (Editor)

Family treatment can be staged in a way that permits the family to deal with their anxiety about treatment and plan changes in the problem solving mechanism of the family system. (Author)

A teacher looks beyond the curriculum in his search for a way to stimulate a student to learn. (RK)

The very first day of school! It can be a happy "homecoming" when kindergartners already know their teacher. (Editor)

The feeling of insecurity, the lack of self-confidence, and the ability to relate to others that all children experience from time-to-time can be intensified in a deaf child by sensitivity to his or her handicap. A technique designed to deal with these difficulties was discussed. (Author/RK)

Two experiments were carried out in order to test the effects of task sequence on the speed of rule learning and problem solving. Experiment I involved numerical rule-learning tasks and Experiment II tested the effect of task difficulty and task precedence using problem-solving tasks. (Editor/RK)

Discusses some of the situations that have been brought to the attention of the author by primary school teachers, parents, and others, that relate to overt sexual expression by children in the school environment. Offers suggestions that may assist primary school teachers in dealing with expressions of sexuality in young children. (Author/RK)

The study examined gains in problem solving and interpersonal skills as a result of a systematic training procedure based upon the Carkuff (HRD) model. Significant gains were found in both the problem solving and interpersonal areas when the training in that area was preceded by systematic training in the opposite area. (Author)

Described are ways of utilizing intuition in scientific discovery. Students are directed to read detective stories and biographical accounts of scientists in order to gain understandings of the differences between intuition and deduction. Questions, information, and teaching suggestions are included. (Author/DB)

Presents a dialog on the value and utility of the Person-in-Environment (PIE) System for describing, classifying, and coding common problems clients bring to social workers. Problems cited include the model's dependence on constructs with deep cultural meanings and its responsiveness to individual characteristics and needs. Advantages include…

A study of five undergraduates in an introductory course on Greek culture identified novice problem-solving patterns and cognitive processes when using Perseus, a Greek culture database. Discusses the Reading-Linking-to-Writing Model developed to capture procedural and systemic processes used in problem-solving tasks with hypermedia applications.…

Reports on an experiment in which Algebra I students (N=181) learned to translate word problems with two unknowns from the prose representation to symbolic representation using two variables when first solving word problems with two unknowns. Concludes that students who had learned to solve equations with the new method scored higher than those…