|
|
Problem Solving - Research News and Information
Friday, July 03, 2009
Definition of 'Problem Solving'A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to attain a specific goal. Common names: Problem Solving |
Falls in the nursing home: a collaborative approach.
30 May 2009
Problem solving using a collaborative approach may reduce the risk of falls in the nursing home. Interventions need to be tailored to the individual's cognitive and physical impairments as well as be feasible in the particular long-term care ... Read more...
Gender, culture, and mathematics performance.
30 May 2009
Using contemporary data from the U.S. and other nations, we address 3 questions: Do gender differences in mathematics performance exist in the general population? Do gender differences exist among the mathematically talented? Do females exist who ... Read more...
29 Apr 2009
The goal of the current research was to explore whether monkeys possess conceptual precursors necessary for understanding zero. We trained rhesus monkeys on a nonsymbolic numerical matching-to-sample task, and on a numerical ordering task. We then ... Read more...
Learn Faster Today Improve your study skills
Latest indexed articles for 'Problem Solving'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Falls in the nursing home: a collaborative approach.
30 May 2009 - Gender, culture, and mathematics performance.
30 May 2009 - Geoffrey Norman. Interview by Paul Webster.
7 May 2009 - Doing good, 50 years on.
5 May 2009 - Empty sets as part of the numerical continuum: conceptual precursors to the zero concept in rhesus monkeys.
29 Apr 2009 - Affective and deliberative processes in risky choice: age differences in risk taking in the Columbia Card Task.
29 Apr 2009 - Learning mode and exemplar sequencing in unsupervised category learning.
29 Apr 2009 - Blocking of goal-location learning based on shape.
29 Apr 2009 - Causal learning with local computations.
29 Apr 2009 - Effects of spatial cueing on representational momentum.
29 Apr 2009 - Multiple social identities and stereotype threat: imbalance, accessibility, and working memory.
29 Apr 2009 - Need for cognition, task difficulty, and the formation of performance expectancies.
29 Apr 2009 - Cultural borders and mental barriers: the relationship between living abroad and creativity.
29 Apr 2009 - Looking for a pattern: an MEG study on the abstract mismatch negativity in musicians and nonmusicians.
28 Apr 2009 - [Psychiatric treatment of deliberate self-harm in the out-of-hours services]
28 Apr 2009 - Larger groups are more successful in innovative problem solving in house sparrows.
25 Apr 2009 - Clinical interview assessment of financial capacity in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.
19 Apr 2009 - Acute effects of aerobic exercise on cognitive function in older adults.
8 Apr 2009 - The neural basis of tool use.
5 Apr 2009 - [Training didactic skills during medical education. Not helpful]
2 Apr 2009
See a longer list of these articles.
Technical information about 'Problem Solving'
Definition: A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to attain a specific goal.
Descriptor UI: D011340
Alternative terms: Problem Solving;
Related Mesh Headings: Decision Making;
Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;
Tree Number: F02.463.425.725; F02.463.785.810;
Technical Notes: human & animal