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Download full textMason, Diana – 1995
Incident identification graphs can be used to diagnose areas of difficulty in a subject's problem-solving schema at the episodic level. In this study, 22 subjects (2 experts and 20 novices) categorized into five problem-solving groups (expert, high algorithmic/high conceptual, low algorithmic/high conceptual, high algorithmic/low conceptual, and…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Chemistry, College Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedKean, Elizabeth; And Others – Journal of Chemical Education, 1988
Describes teaching strategies that help students improve problem solving skills. Lists three factors good problem solvers were found to possess. Gives step by step instructions for solving problems. (MVL)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Chemistry, College Science, Heuristics
