Problem Solving

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Infants reasoning about opaque and transparent occluders in an individuation task.

There has been some debate about whether infants 10 months and younger can use featural information to individuate objects. The present research tested the hypothesis that negative results obtained with younger infants reflect limitations in information ...
Teresa Wilcox, Catherine Chapa (Cognition, 200208)
infants-reasoning-opaque-transparent-occluders-individuation-task.asp

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Cognitive coping and depressive symptoms in the elderly: a longitudinal study.

The objective of the present longitudinal study was to examine the relationship between cognitive coping strategies and depressive symptoms at old age. At the two and a half year follow-up study, a community sample of 99 people aged 67 years and older ...
V Kraaij, E Pruymboom, N Garnefski (Aging Ment Health, 200208)
cognitive-coping-depressive-symptoms-elderly-longitudinal-study.asp

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Dont overlook creative thinking.

Effective problem solving often requires staff creativity. Heres how to foster out-of-the-box ideas at your ...
Shelley Cohen (Nurs Manage, 200208)
don-t-overlook-creative-thinking.asp

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Marital interaction of agoraphobic women: a controlled, behavioral observation study.

Married couples with a female agoraphobic spouse (n = 22) were compared with demographically similar community control couples (n = 21) on self-report and observational measures of marital interaction. Consistent with hypotheses, husbands of agoraphobic ...
Dianne L Chambless, James A Fauerbach, Frank J Floyd, Kimberly A Wilson, Anna L Remen, Babette Renneberg (J Abnorm Psychol, 200208)
marital-interaction-agoraphobic-women-controlled-behavioral.asp

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A poster presentation as an evaluation method to facilitate reflective thinking skills in nursing education.

This article seeks to establish whether the poster presentation of a specific theme can facilitate the students thinking skills in nursing education. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual research design where twenty students volunteered ...
M M Chabeli (Curationis, 200208)
poster-presentation-evaluation-method-facilitate-reflective-thinking.asp

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Reflective journal writing: how it promotes reflective thinking in clinical nursing education: a students perspective.

According to the outcomes-based education and training system of education (OBET) in the country and the South African Nursing Council, education should focus on "creating" reflective learners and practitioners. This article seeks to determine the ...
J Kok, M M Chabeli (Curationis, 200208)
reflective-journal-writing-promotes-reflective-thinking-clinical.asp

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The facilitation of social-emotional understanding and social interaction in high-functioning children with autism: intervention outcomes.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a 7-month cognitive behavioral intervention for the facilitation of the social-emotional understanding and social interaction of 15 high-functioning children (8 to 17 years old) with autism. Intervention focused ...
Nirit Bauminger (J Autism Dev Disord, 200208)
facilitation-social-emotional-understanding-social-interaction-high.asp

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Supervision: the process of life-long learning in social and educational professions.

The supervision process represents one of the possible processes of life-long learning and development of an adult. This paper presents a developmental-educational model of supervision. It is a specific learning developmental and supportive method of ...
Sonja Zorga (J Interprof Care, 200208)
supervision-process-life-long-learning-social-educational-professions.asp

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Designing cases in problem-based learning to foster problem-solving skill.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of case segmentation schemes in problem-based learning (PBL) on the development of problem-solving skill, self-directedness and technical knowledge. Seventy-four dental education students were randomly ...
Margaret C Lohman, Michael Finkelstein (Eur J Dent Educ, 200208)
designing-cases-problem-based-learning-foster-problem-solving-skill.asp

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The Tower of London spatial problem-solving task: enhancing clinical and research implementation.

Since its development in 1982, The Tower of London (TOL; Shallice, 1982) spatial problem-solving task has been increasingly employed in test batteries of executive functions. This task has served as a rich source of information on preparation, planning ...
W Keith Berg, Dana Byrd (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200208)
tower-london-spatial-problem-solving-task-enhancing-clinical-research.asp