Three approaches to teaching university-level creative problem-solving skills are described. (BD)

The authors describe practice problems of the 1977-78 Future Problem Solving Program (involving gifted students from fourth to twelfth grade) to illustrate the Osborne-Parnes problem solving model for developing creativity instructional materials. (SBH)

The social processes which limit the use of direct perceptual experience and the way in which they affect communication between two individuals who seek to resolve problems together are explained. A model designed to bring direct experience into balance with social structures as a perceptual resource for partners in the problem solving process is…

This model stresses the special needs of professional skills required by the mental health consultant. The Caplanian Model describes case and administrative consultation. Consultee-centered approach aims to enhance the mental health skills of the participants. Consultee-client improvement is desirable but not the primary goal. (Author/MFD)

Consultation needs a sound basis for an integration of its parts in order to become a scientific discipline. Help givers have concentrated on specializing to the detriment of solidarity of consultation. Studying and evaluating consultation behavior results in a coherent and systematic basis for a consultation theory. (Author/MFD)

This triad of consulting models identifies the assumption upon which each rests. The consultant with adequate knowledge and self-insight will understand which model is appropriate to a given situation. The three models include: (1) purchase of expertise; (2) doctor-patient role; and (3) consultation process for problem solving. (Author/MFD)

The purpose of this article is to describe a modified evaluation model for use by clients to evaluate existing student services programs and to explore the applicability of the methods of creative problem solving to the ensuing results revealed and/or problems identified in assessments of student services programs. (Author)

The author presents a two-factor conception of creativity, which is defined as an idea possessing both originality and feasibility. (IM)

Discusses general ways to approach and solve engineering problems. Uses the phase plane and perturbation methods to illustrate the qualitative study of equations. (MLH)

Two experiments demonstrate that 10- and 13-year-olds can learn to detect interactive patterns in data. Results also indicate the advantages of creating formal models of solution strategies and using them as a basis for instructional procedures. (Author/DEP)

A model designed to help students learn basic concepts, principles, and theories, and to develop higher cognitive abilities. (DAG)

The successful development, implementation, and validation of a comprehensive forecasting model for postsecondary education in Manitoba during the 1970s have provided insights into the effectiveness of human planning in complex environments. (MSE)

Develops a division algorithm in terms of familiar manipulations of concrete objects and presents it with a series of questions for diagnosis of students' understanding of the algorithm in terms of the concrete model utilized. Also offers general guidelines for using concrete illustrations to explain algorithms and other mathematical principles.…

Describes three models for teaching effective thinking, but warns against oversimplified approaches. (SRT)

Elements of a program development model are discussed, including change requirements, maintenance requirements, and development of a problem-solving management plan (identify problems based on needs, determine solution requirements and identify solution alternatives, select solution strategies from among alternatives, implement solution…