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Çarkit, Cafer; Özenç, Mehmet – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2021
Problem solving is one of the basic skills needed by individuals today. An individual who has attained problem-solving skills can both overcome difficulties in daily life and be successful in professional business life. In this respect, problem solving is considered as a skill that children should attain from an early age. Many variables are…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Children, Student Attitudes
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Kaymakci, Güliz; Can, Sendil – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2021
The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of gender, type of the school attended and mother/father's educational background on middle school students' problem-solving, science process skills and learning styles. The population of the present study consists of all the 4th-grade students in the secondary schools in the city of Mugla in the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Characteristics, Adolescents, Problem Solving
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Gobena, Gemechu Abera – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2020
The study aimed at assessing Problems of Social Skills in Early Childhood Education Program in Ethiopia. Descriptive survey research design was employed through using stratified random sampling procedure to collect the survey data from 280 teachers recruited from early childhood education programs across three cities: Dire Dewa (130 teachers; 10…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development
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Fede, Jacquelyn H.; Gorman, Kathleen S.; Cimini, Maria E. – Journal of Experiential Education, 2018
Background: Evidence suggests experiential learning promotes the development of a range of transferrable skills including communication, responsibility, and social skills. However, many students are unable to participate in internships or other common forms of experiential education because they need to work for pay. University employment has been…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Models, Experiential Learning, Undergraduate Students
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Jõgi, Anna-Liisa; Kikas, Eve – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: Primary school math skills form a basis for academic success down the road. Different math skills have different antecedents and there is a reason to believe that more complex math tasks require better self-regulation. Aims: The study aimed to investigate longitudinal interrelations of calculation and problem-solving skills, and…
Descriptors: Word Problems (Mathematics), Problem Solving, Nonverbal Ability, Structural Equation Models
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Martin, Sarah J.; Reed, Philip A. – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2015
This study examined high school marketing education teachers' knowledge of workplace readiness skills and whether that knowledge had an impact on student workplace readiness skill achievement. Further, this study examined the usage of Virginia's 13 Workplace Readiness Skills curriculum and identified the teaching methods and instructional…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Career Readiness, Job Skills, Marketing
OECD Publishing, 2013
This first "OECD Skills Outlook" presents the initial results of the Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), which evaluates the skills of adults in 22 OECD member countries and two partner countries. The PIAAC survey was designed to provide insights into the availability of some key skills and how they are used at work and at home through the…
Descriptors: International Studies, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Skill Analysis
Perry, Lee R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In response to the diverse requirements of 21st-century police work and the increasing emphasis on community-policing philosophy, the Los Angeles Police Department has implemented changes within its academy curricula and methods of instruction, including the use of adult-learning concepts, a community policing problem-solving model known as…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Law Enforcement, Police Education, Training Methods