The Development of Problem Solving in Young Children: A Critical Cognitive Skill

ANNUAL REVIEWS | ANNUAL REVIEW OF PSYCHOLOGY | BY RACHEL KEEN, Ph.D.

Problem solving is a signature attribute of adult humans, but we need to understand how this develops in children. Tool use is proposed as an ideal way to study problem solving in children less than 3 years of age because overt manual action can reveal how the child plans to achieve a goal.

Problem Solving in Turkish Mathematics Education: Primary School Mathematics Textbooks

ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY | BY ZüLBIYE TOLUK & SINAN OLKUN

In this paper, how elementary school mathematics textbooks approach to problem solving is investigated. … The implications of the study for textbook selection and teacher education are discussed.

(Paper posted on Academia.edu)

ArtsWork in Education

New research from Harvard, Stanford, UCLA and the University of Oregon over the last ten years has shown strong correlations between the integration of arts learning processes into core academic classrooms and improvement in academic performance across all disciplines…

Preschool: The Best Job-Training Program

NPR | BY ALEX BLUMBERG

When economist James Heckman was studying the effects of job training programs on unskilled young workers, he found a mystery.
He was comparing a group of workers that had gone through a job training program with a group that hadn’t. And he found that, at best, the training program did nothing to help the workers get better jobs. In some cases, the training program even made the workers worse off.

David A. Kolb on Experiential Learning

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INFORMAL EDUCATION

David A. Kolb’s model of experiential learning can be found in many discussions of the theory and practice of adult education, informal education and lifelong learning. We set out the model, and examine its possibilities and problems.