Two methods of solving problems are discussed: the step method and the translation method. The results of training students to use these methods are compared. (SD)

This publication contains syllabi from 12 college-level, social-problems courses. The syllabi are being made available in an effort to share various ideas about the content, conceptual organization, and procedures used by sociology professors. The syllabi selected for inclusion represent different approaches to teaching a social problems course…

Research into teacher evaluation techniques has not provided conclusive answers due to a number of research problems, including the subjectivity of traditional teacher observation techniques and the lack of sensitivity of newer, more objective techniques. A five-year research project in California, the Beginning Teacher Evaluation Study (BTES),…

This pamphlet is designed to give help in developing problem solving by examples of techniques at grade levels one through six. A number of illustrations are presented of problems that are typical of the types appropriate at each grade level. For each problem, a suggestion of a solution appears with alternative methods suggested in several cases.…

A COURSE IS PRESENTED FOR STUDENTS WHOSE NEEDS WOULD NOT BE SERVED BY REGULAR 9TH GRADE MATHEMATICS. GENERAL MATHEMATICS AS TREATED HERE IS MORE THAN ARITHMETICAL COMPUTATION. IT CONTAINS ELEMENTS OF ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, AND TRIGONOMETRY. THE AIM IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDENT THROUGH--AN APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF…

In discussing the teaching of communications law, this paper presents a teaching technique for helping students apply the abstract principles of libel law to real situations by having them discuss an item from a mass publication that is defamatory toward some individual or organization. After presenting a series of questions to be discussed, the…

A pilot program designed by Drexel University and the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia orientates junior high school students to the intricate problems of world nutrition education. Audiovisual presentations, role playing, and group debate are among the teaching methods employed. (LH)

Four procedures are stated which are inherent in problem solving: (1) understanding the problem; (2) planning to solve the problem; (3) solving the problem; and (4) reviewing the problem and the solution. Each of the four procedures is illustrated using problems appropriate for elementary school children. These illustrations are accompanied by…

One of the implicit goals of the Mathematical Problem Solving Project, MPSP, was to increase the teachers' awareness of what problem-solving is and of different ways of solving problems. The problem solving sort task was developed to assess change due to involvement with MPSP in the teachers' perception of what problems they would use to teach…

REPORTED IS A STUDY WHICH (1) ANALYZED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TEACHING METHOD DEVELOPED TO IMPROVE THE STUDENT'S SCIENCE PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY, AND (2) INVESTIGATED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS MEASURED AND THE STUDENT'S SCIENCE BACKGROUND, CRITICAL THINKING ABILITY, AND GRADE POINT AVERAGE. CONCLUDED WAS (1) THAT THE…

This investigation evaluated the effectiveness of a teaching approach on the students' ability to demonstrate and retain specific behaviors of science inquiry skill in the attainment of critical thinking ability in problem-solving situations. The sample consisted of 318 first-year liberal arts, chemistry students who were assigned to three groups,…

An algorithm is defined here as an unambiguous procedure which will always produce the correct result when applied to any problem of a given class of problems. This paper gives an extended discussion of the definition of an algorithm. It also explores in detail the elements of an algorithm, the representation of algorithms in standard prose, flow…