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Colleran, Noel; O'Donoghue, John – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2007
The relationship between quantitative problem solving and commonsense has provided the basis for an expanding exploration for Colleran and O'Donoghue. For example the authors (Colleran et al., 2002, 2001) discovered the pivotal role commonsense plays in adult quantitative problem solving and suggest commonsense is an important "resource? in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
Aldous, Carol R. – International Education Journal, 2005
Innovation and enterprise depend for their success on the development of new ideas. But from where do new ideas come? How do they arise? Finding solutions to such questions is at the heart of creativity research and the solving of novel problems. Reflection, not only in cognitive processes but also in the non-cognitive ones used in solving novel…
Descriptors: Creativity, Problem Solving, Protocol Analysis, Reflection