Generic and Harder Problems: Teaching Problem Solving.

Middlecamp, Catherine; Kean, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ357291

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Publication Date: 1987

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Generic and Harder Problems: Teaching Problem Solving.

Middlecamp, Catherine; Kean, Elizabeth

Journal of Chemical Education, v64 n6 p516-17 Jun 1987

Discusses the difference between a generic chemistry problem (one which can be solved using an algorithm) and a harder chemistry problem (one for which there is no algorithm). Encourages teachers to help students recognize these categories of problems so they will be better able to find solutions. (TW)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Chemistry, College Science, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Problem Sets, Problem Solving, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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