This article argues that direct modeling by teacher education instructors would be more beneficial than videotaped models in helping students acquire and use specific skills. Research on modeling by cooperating teachers and videotapes is reviewed. (Author/MT)

A four-prong instructional model for intellectual-skills development is described. The four prongs are: familiarization, intra-group problem solving, inter-group problem solving, and individual problem solving. A psychological model of what is to be taught, the triarchic theory of human intelligence, provides the underpinning of the instructional…