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The strategies used by ten grade 7 students, working in single-sex dyads, to solve a technological problemWelch, Malcolm W. (Malcolm William) January 1996 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the problem-solving strategies of students as they attempted to find a solution to a technological problem. Ten Grade 7 students, who had received no prior technology education instruction, were formed into single-sex dyads and provided with a design brief from which they designed and made a technological solution. The natural talk between the subjects was transcribed. A description of their designing-in-action was added to the transcript. Actions were coded using an empirically derived scheme grounded in both a general problem-solving model and theoretical models of the design process. Segments coded as designing were analyzed using descriptive statistics. This analysis provided the data for mapping, that is, visually representing the design process used by subjects. / Results showed that novice designers do not design in the way described in textbooks. Their strategy is not linear but highly iterative. Subjects developed their ideas using three-dimensional materials rather than two-dimensional sketches. They were unlikely to generate several possible solutions prior to modelling, but developed solutions serially. The act of modelling stimulated the generation of additional ideas. Evaluation occurred repeatedly throughout their designing.
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Locus of control, need for cognition, and a hierarchical approach to real-world problem solving : searching for a problem solving personalityVanhorn, Renee E. January 1994 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of two problem-solving techniques and two personality variables upon the quantity and self-reported quality of solutions people generated to an ill-structured problem. College students completed the Locus of Control and Need for Cognition Scales and, after having been trained in either brainstorming or a hierarchical problem-solving method, they used their new skill to solve a problem. They also rated their solutions on quality. Subjects in the hierarchical condition produced more solutions than those in brainstorming. Moreover, those in the hierarchical group produced solutions of subjectively higher quality than did the brainstormers. Analyses of the personality variables suggested that as need for cognition increased, people generated more solutions before training. No relationship was found between need for cognition and quality ratings. Locus of control was not related to either quantity or quality. Implications for business are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided. / Department of Psychological Science
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An investigation of young children's thinking processes on solving practical mathematics tasks /Fung, Tak-fong, Agnes. January 1998 (has links)
Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 123-130).
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An investigation of young children's thinking processes on solving practical mathematics tasksFung, Tak-fong, Agnes. January 1998 (has links)
Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-130). Also available in print.
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The strategies used by ten grade 7 students, working in single-sex dyads, to solve a technological problemWelch, Malcolm W. (Malcolm William) January 1996 (has links)
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The effects of generating inferences about a solution principle on analogical transfer in children and adults.Yanowitz, Karen L. 01 January 1993 (has links) (PDF)
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Negotiating a therapeutic context in family therapyStevenson, Christine January 1995 (has links)
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Enhancing knowledge acquisition with constraint technologyWhite, Simon January 2000 (has links)
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Change, organisational power and the metaphor 'commodity'Stowell, Franklyn Arthur January 1989 (has links)
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Intervening in organisational conversations using soft systems methodologyLedington, P. W. J. January 1989 (has links)
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