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Wanberg, Larrie Dale – 1973
Employing a background information questionnaire, a policy preference scale, and the Kluckhohn Value Orientation Scale, 40 American Indian tribal leaders and 35 Anglo administrators from 4 North Dakota reservations were surveyed to explore preferences for problem-solving approaches in the field of child welfare. The following hypotheses were…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Child Welfare
Sikes, Lenell D. – 1990
A pretest-posttest control group design was used in a classroom experiment designed to determine whether the problem-solving performance of second grade students would be affected by systematic instruction in estimation. Participants were 36 students in two groups who were given daily lessons in measurement. The experimental group received a daily…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Estimation (Mathematics)
Nabors, Donald Gene – 1974
The purpose of this study was to make comparisons between intermediate grade black pupils in an individualized, computer-supported instructional program and intermediate grade black pupils who were in a traditional, self-contained classroom instructional program. Specifically, the basic problem was that of determining the extent to which an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Black Students, Comparative Analysis
Brown, Lyn Stephen – 1996
One of the requirements for students majoring in Bible in the undergraduate school of Philadelphia College of Bible (Pennsylvania) is writing research papers. The papers are designed to promote information literacy by developing research skills, sharpening writing skills, encouraging critical thinking, and promoting problem-solving skills.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Critical Thinking, Evaluation Methods