The relevance of performance problem-solving for education is discussed in terms of its effect on the marketability of graduates, the cost-effectiveness of educational programs, and the drop/push/failout rate. (Author)

The author examines the part played by geography in the resolution of the problems of the Third World. He sketches the historical development of geography in Africa; looks at the postColonial development of geography and its orientation toward problem solving and evaluates progress in terms of yet unresolved issues. For address of journal see SO…

Address delivered on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the School of Education at Boston University, May 1968.

Presented as a speech at the Annual Meeting, National Council of Teachers of English, Milwaukee, November 1968.

This problem deck is designed for use after having covered the material in an accompanying skills booklet. It provides for further use of the skills with problems involving four skills at five levels of difficulty. The four skills involve using guesses as a strategy in solving computation problems, two-step problems, situations that require…

This problem deck contains over 150 problems related to the module "Using Tables to Solve Problems." The problems are presented at five levels of difficulty and contain four basic types of two-dimensional tables: (1) constant sum; (2) constant differences; (3) constant quotient or ratio; and (4) constant product. (MP)

The purpose of this paper is to help prepare the teacher of technical writing who is thinking of becoming an industrial consultant. The paper surveys five areas that frequently pose problems for consultants: establishing goals, extracting information from technologists and from source materials, assimilating the information, translating the…

Presented as part of a symposium on evaluation on juvenile diversion programs, this brief paper describes several specific research procedures which have been utilized to help decide which type of diversion approach is best for specific types of clients. Procedures discussed are the regression discontinuity design, the tie-breaker design, and the…

The Unified Science and Mathematics for Elementary Schools (USMES) Program was designed to teach students complex problem-solving skills. This paper reports the effects of USMES on basic skills, explains the effects, comments on difficulties in data collection, and recommends data-gathering that should complement or replace standard basic skills…

Action research is the process by which practitioners (such as teachers and principals) attempt to study their problems in context in order to more accurately evaluate them and to make informed decisions. The humanistic research approach not only revives useful action research strategies, but refines and revises them with the intent of making…

The behaviorist's assumptions that learning has not occurred unless a measurable change in student behavior takes place and that courses will be vastly improved if the exact goals are delineated on a day-to-day basis so that students and instructor know precisely what is expected of them, ring true but translate false. First, any time a dogma is…

This competency-based teacher education module is designed so that the participant can become more effective in solving his or her problems by working through four stages. The four stages are: (a) verbally state your problem; (b) restate your problem and determine how you are involved in the problem; (c) restate your problem and emphasize your…