A problem solving skill was investigated to provide direction for training strategies for a proposed personal problem solving training program. There were eight treatment groups utilized including video-tape modeling, audiotape modeling, social modeling through means of a written booklet, parallel treatments for each of these using social…

The basic tenet of Programed Instruction (PI), that learning occurs best when knowledge is imparted in small increments, appears to apply to associative rather than deductive process. One may best learn definitions via association, and best learn inference via unified understandings. This hypothesis was tested by structuring two modes of…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a greater increase in problem-solving ability of capable but poorly prepared college freshmen in a modern mathematics program occurs when students are taught to use discovery techniques. Two experimental and two control groups were formed from 70 college freshmen; two instructors were each…

Specific limitations of past research in teacher verbal questioning behavior are presented in this article for the purpose of providing recommendations for future research activities. Analyses are made by reviewing related literature. Limitation factors are identified as resulting from variations in the following aspects: teacher characteristics,…

Ways of helping coaches to counsel unemployed adults in the solving of their personal problems are explored in this manual. Originally printed as two separate volumes, this reprinting of the study has bound the two together. Volume I involves a general discussion of life's problems and of the need to solve them. This volume contains four parts.…

The study concerned (1) identifying component processes of discovery and rule learning; (2) describing differences in learning outcomes produced by the two instructional methods, and; (3) optimizing learning. It was believed that understanding the effects of aptitude, instructional methods, and their interaction is important in the study of…

This publication was designed to help teachers learn about promising materials, methods, and techniques for teaching creative thinking and problem solving to disadvantaged elementary school children. Two kinds of reviews of published teaching materials for specific grade levels and subject areas are included: (1) reviews of commercially published…

Does the inquiry method really make a difference in educational development? Author launched a review of research literature reported during the past decade, with special focus on the use of inquiry for teaching the social studies. (Author/RK)

Knowing questions in advance enabled students to structure their study process and to devote more time and effort to learning content. Student responses to this method of testing, test scores, and comparison with results from other methods showed that a high level of learning was achieved. (Author/MS)

Describes an engineering course consisting of a sequence of specific, actual cases, that emphasizes the development of skills in synthesizing information, and in identifying and solving practical engineering problems. (MLH)

This symposium examined the status of teaching strategies and ancillary activities that are based upon a perception of the problems that interfere with or prevent the learning of chemistry. (Author/BB)

Inquiry is defined here as the scientist's method of problem solving. Presents a bent wire phenomenon activity designed to engage students in the active process of solving a problem in science. A model is proposed to explain the phenomenon. (MA)

Little real consensus exists among voice teachers on methodologies to achieve good vocal technique. Nevertheless, voice teachers can profit from sharing their ideas. In this first of a three part series, eight prominent voice teachers offer their views on a wide range of technical questions. (Author/RK)

With imagination, basic computation skills and a "mini-computer", kids find word answers to digital problems and design their own. (Editor)

Describes a simulated press conference designed to help students in a news writing class learn how to obtain factual information from an evasive interviewee. (GW)