Problem Solving for Teaching and Learning : A Festschrift for Emeritus Professor Mike Lawson (Paperback)

Section 1: Setting the SceneChapter 1: Michael Lawson: Teacher of Teachers and Researchers, and Academic CitizenJanice OrrellChapter 2: Learning is a Problem-solving ActivityHelen Askell-WilliamsSection 2: Conceptualising Problem SolvingChapter 3: Human Problem Solving and Instructional DesignJohn Sweller Chapter 4: Academic Challenges as Opportunities to Learn to Self-regulate LearningAllyson F. HadwinSarah K. DavisAishah BakhtiarPhilip H. Winne Chapter 5: Word Knowledge Quality and LiteracyJohn R. KirbyChapter 6: Developing Problem Solving and Other General Capabilities: What Will It Take and How Can We Be Sure of Success?David D. CurtisChapter 7: Messy Problems of Personal and Family Life: Solving Inheritance ProblemsJeanette A. LawrenceSection 3: Teachers’ Knowledge and Beliefs about Problem SolvingChapter 8: Teachers’ Beliefs and KnowledgeStella VosniadouChapter 9: The Quality of Knowledge and Beliefs that Teachers Use When Solving Teaching and Learning ProblemsHelen Askell-WilliamsShyam BarrErnest Ngendahavo Chapter 10: Problematising Assessment of Student LearningJanice OrrellShani Sniedze-Gregory Chapter 11: Types of Knowledge Teachers Use When Solving Educational Problems: A Case Study of the Implementation of the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) Program Ann LendrumHelen Askell-WilliamsSection 4: Fostering Students’ Problem-solving CapabilitiesChapter 12: Problem Solving by Students with Intellectual DisabilityCarol Le LantChapter 13: What Gifted Students and a Regular Class of Primary School Students Know and Do about Problem SolvingPenny Van DeurChapter 14: Problem Solving Using the Keyword Method and Mental Imagery During Vocabulary RecallMirella WyraChapter 15: The Advantages and Disadvantages of Problem-solving Practice When Learning Basic Addition FactsSarah HopkinsChapter 16: Problem Solving in Mathematics: Evidence of High-gain StrategiesKatherine L. DixChapter 17: Synergy between Teachers’ Knowledge and Students’ Learning: Perspectives from Research on Mathematics EducationMohan ChinnappanChapter 18: Reflections on a Ten-year Research Partnership with Glenunga International High SchoolAlan BarnesBruce White