Problem-solving skills are often considered to be the key in today’s world, and their importance geography education is widely recognized. However, empirical evidence analyzing whether how teachers develop problem-solving during lessons especially scarce context of preservice teachers. Accordingly, we conducted a questionnaire survey with 256 respondents. The analyzed teachers’ experience diffe...

The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of the problem solving approach to the subject matter approach in teaching given units of instructions to students of varying learning styles. Results indicated that three distinct learning styles were present in high school agriculture classes (fieldindependent, field-dependent, field-neutral). The majority of students was field-indepe...

This paper reports on a study that compares the problem-solving style, in terms of adaption and innovation, of Information Systems and Computer Science majors. The adaption/innovation characterization of problem-solving styles was developed by Kirton and is measured by Kirton’s Adaption-Innovation inventory. This is a well-validated instrument that measures the respondent’s preferred approach t...

Pharmacists must be competent in detecting and resolving drug-related problems to effectively provide pharmaceutical care. Little is known, however, about students’ problem-solving processes or their relationship to clinical decision-making. This paper reports the findings from 40 clerkship students who completed a computer program (CAP) developed to assess problem-solving skills, as well as va...

This study examined the Response Styles Theory in a large, racially and ethnically diverse sample (N = 722) of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. We examined the role of response styles (rumination, distraction, and problem-solving) as predictors of changes in depressive symptoms over a seven-month period. Higher levels of rumination and lower levels of problem-solving and distraction were associated w...