This article explores the role of the trainer in relation to the management of stress and its prevention and considers some of the available research in order to put the problem into perspective. (Author)

Provides a reproducible flow chart to aid students in problem-solving skill development. Steps include: determining what is asked; choosing a relationship; and checking validity of the relationship. Teacher notes are given to improve instruction. (DH)

Examines the interrelationships among cognitive and social rigidity, intelligence and personal adjustment in old age, and evaluates a six-week training program teaching social problem-solving skills to the elderly. The hypothesis that cognitive rigidity is independent of social rigidity was not fully supported, and the findings suggest that social…

Four papers are reviewed. They include a description of how instructional modules and small group problem-solving (PS) in a second-year plant anatomy course produced excellent PS skills and various ideas on PS in the context of chemistry. Also reviews guided-design as a strategy to help develop PS skills. (JN)

Presents an activity for students in grades 7-10 (with ready-to-copy worksheets and overhead projector transparency masters) designed to develop the problem-solving skills of making and reading an organized list and searching for a pattern, and to provide practice in using the general heuristics of the problem-solving process. (JN)

The socialization process that changes a nurse from a caregiver to a teacher of the knowledge and skills that underlie caregiving is discussed. Role theory is presented as one context through which this socialization process can be guided. Individuals are encouraged to learn problem-solving mechanisms to cope with expected role conflict and…

Provides framework for assessing the extent to which problem-solving skills learned through LOGO, a children's graphics-oriented-structured computer language, may be transferred to other contexts. Examines principles governing generalization of learning. Discusses learning transfer and components of the LOGO experience that may affect transfer.…

Investigated systematic problem solving with 52 elementary school students. The experimental group (N=26) received Galvin Alternative Intervention Network (GAIN) training. Results indicated the GAIN program was effective in facilitating problem solving. Students' responses were unique and constituted creative behavior. (JAC)

GED "Scoreboost" materials target exactly the skills one needs to pass the General Educational Development (GED) tests. This book focuses on the GED Mathematics test. To prepare for the test, the test taker needs to learn skills in number and operation sense, data and statistics, geometry and measurement, and algebra. To pass the test,…

Defined here are those considerations which underlie the formation of staff development patterns weaving them into a theoretical, philosophical, and practical whole. (Author)

The imparting of knowledge should be approached from the standpoint of equipping students with the skills that will enable them to achieve personal significance in their lives. (CK)

Assessed the effects of a problem-solving skills training program on sex-role identity. Hypothesized that couples (N=26) in a problem-solving skills training program would show greater movement toward androgyny relative to a control group. Results indicated that the experimental group was significantly higher on femininity following treatment.…

Compared the effects of two types of instruction to investigate how proficiency in generating alternatives in marital problem solving can be improved, using a sample of 44 Canadian couples. Results showed increased generation of alternatives. Communication skills training did not enhance creativity in problem solving. (Author/JAC)

Summarizes the work of "information processing" psychologists who study cognition and contends that intelligence consists of a set of developed thinking and learning skills that can, to some degree, be taught. Nine such skills are listed including problem identification and strategy selection. (Author/MLF)

Research in cognitive science is providing an increasingly detailed understanding of human cognition. Teachers can help students become conscious of their own reasoning processes and then learn to compare, contrast, interrelate, or coordinate various ways in which they think in order to refine their problem-solving methods. (Author/MLF)