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Problem-Solving Skills

"Problem-solving is the ability to take past experiences and learn from them."
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Enrichment
Activities that go above and
beyond the standard curriculum
Link to Files
 

 
Dayle on TVDayle's Video Reflections
Dayle Upham, author of Making the Grade: Reflections on Being Learning Disabled, offers introductory comments. You will need the Windows Media Player to view the movie
Windows Media 9 Player, free download Play Movie (Streaming wmv file

 

 

Examples of Student Projects

 

Resources

Web Sites:

Schools in Action-Problem-solving through peer mediation.
www.bullyingnoway.com

Leadership and Problem Solving Activities by Learning Unlimited
www.learningunlimited.com

Information Literacy for the Information Age
 http://www.big6.com/

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Skills
 http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/critical.htm

Teaching Information Literacy: The Big Six Skills Approach to Information Problem Solving
 http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/webcamp/final_projects/barney/big6.html

Internet Classrooms
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/problearn.html

Educational Software Review
http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/problem/

Problem Solving Skills
http://www.accac.org.uk/schoolcurric/common_requirements/problem_solving.html

Developing Problem Solving Skills
http://www.pedagonet.com/brain/brainers2.htm

Articles

Glover R. Donald and Midura W. Daniel (1992).  Team Building Through Physical Challenges.  Champaign: Human Kinetics Publishers

Kranz, Linda.  Through My Eyes: a Journal for Teens.  Flagstaff: Rising Moon, Northland Publishing.

Rohnke, Karl (1989).  Cowstails and Cobras II.  A Guide to Games, Initiatives, Ropes Courses, and Adventure Curriculum.  Debuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.

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