Problem solving and creativity within the sciences and engineering are highlighted in current UK and European benchmark and policy statements as essential capacities. What these statements fail to do, however, is offer guidance on how these skills might be fostered, let alone how they might be assessed. This paper presents the conclusions of a three year research project to develop a dedicated ...

OBJECTIVE There is a clear need to develop psychosocial rehabilitation methods that compensate for neurocognitive deficits common to persons with severe and persistent mental illness. Errorless learning, a compensatory training intervention, has been successful in teaching entry-level job tasks. However, errorless learning's applicability to broader, more complex functions is unknown. The prese...

This study examined social problem-solving performance in high-functioning schizophrenia (n=26) and its relation to neurocognition. Ten healthy controls were used as a comparison group. Social problem-solving was assessed with the Assessment of Interpersonal Problem Solving Skills (AIPSS) method. The schizophrenia group was outperformed by healthy controls on all AIPSS measures, reaching statis...

nature of the knowledge. Limitations of cognitive science and other scientific methods. A number of AI/KBS application areas also open up deep philosophical issues. This reveals a promising field of study whose primary concern is to find out more effective ways to understand and apply intelligent problem solving, planning and communication skills to a wide range of practical problems. Knowledge...

This study evaluated the utility of generic teamwork skills training for enhancing the effectiveness of action teams. Results from 65 four-person action teams working on an interdependent command and control simulator revealed that generic teamwork skills training had a significant and positive impact on both cognitive and skill-based outcomes. Trained team members evidenced higher levels of de...

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of team-based learning (TBL) program on nursing students’ major satisfaction, critical thinking, communication skills, problem solving, and self-directed learning. A Quasi experimental design: nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The TBL significantly improved nursing students’ major satisfaction, critical thinking, p...

Organization has always placed emphasis on the publics who would determine its life span. In the context of higher education institution, graduates are the main public whereby their marketability is the key measurement of a university’s effort in the human resources development. Hon & Grunig (1999) identify two types of organizational relationship from public perspectives. The communal relation...