Teaching a course in clinical psychology so as to foster development of problem solving skills, attitudes and behaviors such as autonomy and independent thinking is reported. (Editor/PG)

This essay intended to carry the argument about curriculum content and methods in secondary education onto new ground. (Editor/RK)

The authors draw upon both Soviet and American literature to present an overview of the components of story problem solving as it relates to remedial instruction for learning disabled students. Factors within the individual problem solver are explored, and strategies children use in solving problems are examined. Particular attention is paid to…

A course designed to acquaint teachers and teacher trainees with the nature of the creative process and its development in school environments is described. Students in the instruction sections first examined existing instructional procedures and environmental conditions that constitute a barrier to the development of creativity. Students…

The purpose of this research was to design and test materials and methods to be used in teaching a first course in undergraduate engineering dynamics. The basic problem in this study was to determine the optimum order of presenting abstract materials and applications in the same course. Tests were administered to determine differences among…

A demonstration project concerned with children who were unable to function in the public schools provides the basis for a four-part action plan initiated to cope with this problem. This multiple entry strategy called for: (1) a special class; (2) work with the regular classroom teachers; (3) after-school projects to work with peers of these…

This book, a collection of materials which grew out of a teacher workshop on desegregation and intergroup relations, is intended to be of practical value to teachers and administrators in desegregated schools. Dealing with a variety of actual day-to-day problems faced by educators at the classroom and individual school building level in a…

This guide outlines a course designed to give first-line supervisors in the federal government an understanding of leadership concepts. The methodology of the course is a series of problem-solving conferences. There are 16 sessions in the course: 1. Problem census and introductions; 2. The job; 3. Filling a job - Federal Merit Promotions Policy;…

The article presents seven questions on difficult instructional situations. Each question is followed by one or more responses and one or more typical comments that a person might make to the response. The responses and comments offer suggestions for handling the instructional problems. (Author/MS)

Problem solving is presented as a resource for creating curriculum through reflections on intuition such as: exploring available intuitions, making explicit the intuitions used, and using intuition to generalize. (MP)

A major source of challenging problems for students is the use of higher mathematics to derive elementary problems. Several examples are given. (MP)

Brief comments are offered on the 12 summarized findings of a 1975 survey examiniing the relations between class size and educational effects. (Author)