Nagaoka University of Technology
   
 

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Kitajima, M (2016)

Kitajima, M. (2016). Relationships between the methods of problem solving (retrieval, discovery, or search) and the kinds of acquired problem solving skills. IPSJ SIG Technical Report, 2016-CLE-18, 1-8.

 

Relationships between the methods of problem solving (retrieval, discovery, or search) and the kinds of acquired problem solving skills

There are three methods for deriving a solution for a problem with which a person is facing, which are 1) retrieval of an existing solution from his/her own memory or from available external resources including human resources, digital resources, 2) clarifying the constraints to meet and discovering a solution that should satisfy them by exploring the problem space, or 3) deriving a solution by applying inference rules successively until the goal state is achieved. This paper describes the distinctive cognitive processes that respective methods should follow when deriv- ing a solution. On the assumption that the ultimately needed problem solving skill would be the one which makes a person solve any problem by himself or herself without reliance on any external resources other than himself/herself, this paper discusses the implications of the respective methods of problem solving to acquiring the required problem solving skill.

 

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