a bstract   background: midwifery profession is required to bring solutions to problems and a midwife is expected to be an assertive person and to develop midwifery care. this study was planned to examine the relationship between assertiveness and problem‑solving skills of midwives.   materials and methods: this cross‑sectional study was conducted with 201 midwives between july 2008 and februar...

In the absence of ongoing, structured, dialogue between the instructor and the students, a tutorless problem-based learning (PBL) format can give rise to several problems that interfere with learning: (i) students’ emotions can interfere with their willingness to participate and decrease the quality of their learning; (ii) misapprehensions and weak thinking, group, and problem-solving skills ca...

This article addresses two unsolved measurement issues in dynamic problem solving (DPS) research: (a) unsystematic construction of DPS tests making a comparison of results obtained in different studies difficult and (b) use of time-intensive single tasks leading to severe reliability problems. To solve these issues, the MicroDYN approach is presented, which combines (a) the formal framework of ...

We are using stealth assessment, embedded in Plants vs. Zombies 2, to measure middle-school students’ problem solving skills. This project started by developing a problem solving competency model based on a thorough review of the literature. Next, we identified relevant in-game indicators that would provide evidence about students’ levels on the various problem-solving facets. Our problem solvi...

Stanley L. Deno University of Minnesota Assessment occurs when a decision has to be made and someone wants information to inform the decision. The history of education and psychology is replete with evidence regarding the use of assessment to make screening, classification and placement decisions. Within the schools achievement testing has been conducted to provide information for evaluating sc...

The strong interest in knowledge-level description of expert systems has led to various efforts defining and cataloguing AI problem solving methods and building methodologies and tools to use them. In thus paper we address the issue of matching problem solving methods to tasks. ‘This includes 1. deciding whether a method is applicable to the problem at hand, .Z. :if it is applicable, assessing ...

Worldwide efforts are increasing to infuse thinking skills into the curriculum, which are part of cognitive behavior, and to include them in the instructional strategies, which will make the learner producer of knowledge and help to create a sense of responsibility among them. Meta cognitive learning activities immerse students in challenging tasks and it creates a space for students to discuss...