Communities Resolving Our Problems: the basic idea
[SUP: Sharing Problems][THINK: Guidance][LEAP: Solving Problems]

Question Ambassadors

Educational Values List

Value for K-12 Students

study technique, research skills development, information technology skill development for students and faculty, motivational technique, public speaking and communication improvement, a community service technique and an important step in the problem solving process building skills for higher order thinking skills exams in fourth and eighth grades in North Carolina.

Value for University Students

study technique, research skills development, information technology skill development for students and faculty, motivational technique, a community service approach and an important step in the problem solving process, building skills for higher order thinking.

Value to the K12 Institution

community service reputation with potential long term impact on allocation of resources for institution, a pool of authentic questions for later study or extra credit work, reconceptualization of learning institution from a major user of tax funds to a major contributor to the stimulation of taxable funds, pool of questions for long-term research. Quantifiable approach in evaluating the effectiveness of the educational institution in terms of quantity of questions evoked, and percent answered or satisfactorily responded.

Value to the University Institution

community service reputation with long term impact on allocation of resources for institution, pool of authentic questions for later study or extra credit work, reconceptualization of learning institution from a major user of tax funds to a major contributor to the stimulation of taxable funds, pool of questions from which to select long-term research questions suitable for graduate student and faculty research, direct research into the problem solving process and higher order thinking skills.

Value to Community Residents and Institutions

Direct impact on the day-to-day and long term resolution of ongoing problems and challenges of a given community; a running history of concerns and activities that address the issues.


Updated May 8, 1997.
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