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Download full textSmith, Mike U.; Waterman, Margaret A. – 1987
Characteristics of successful and unsuccessful problem solvers in categorization tasks are examined in this study of undergraduate students. Findings are reviewed of the categorization and solution tasks undertaken by a group (N=21) of science majors at a private university. The subjects were classified as either successful or unsuccessful in…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, College Science, Genetics
