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Problem-solving Heuristics

Problem-Solving Heuristics is a cognitive strategy within the domain of team problem solving that comprises experience-based techniques for accelerating the discovery of solutions by guiding the search process through simplified rules or approximations when optimal methods are impractical or unknown.

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7.9K

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311

Authors

141

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2017–2026

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Publications

152

The Processes of Scientific Discovery: The Strategy of Experimentation

Deepak Kulkarni, Herbert A. Simon · Cognitive Science · 1988 · 409 citations · Full text

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Information processing and insight: A process model of performance on the nine-dot and related problems.

James N. MacGregor, Thomas C. Ormerod, Edward P. Chronicle · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition · 2001 · 289 citations

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When problem solving prevents organizational learning

Anita L. Tucker, Amy C. Edmondson, Steven J. Spear · Journal of Organizational Change Management · 2002 · 283 citations

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Designing Computer Games to Help Physics Students Understand Newton's Laws of Motion

Barbara Y. White · Cognition and Instruction · 1984 · 244 citations

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Knowledge structure and problem solving in physics

F. Reif, Joan I. Heller · Educational Psychologist · 1982 · 240 citations

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Authors

311

  1. DK
    Dennis Kibler

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    5 publications · 114 citations

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  2. TC
    Thomas C. Ormerod

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 630 citations

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  3. BP
    Bruce Porter

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    3 publications · 74 citations

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  4. JN
    James N. MacGregor

    University of Victoria, Canada

    3 publications · 472 citations

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  5. EP
    Edward P. Chronicle

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 472 citations

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Institutions

141

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    8 h-index

    12 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    205 citations

  3. Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, Spain

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    324 citations

  4. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    105 citations

  5. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    256 citations

  6. University of Freiburg

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

  7. University of Twente

    Enschede, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    44 citations

  8. Charles University

    Prague, Czechia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    83 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

    JRME · 8 publications · 480 citations

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  2. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

    Conference · 5 publications · 481 citations

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  4. Cognitive Science

    4 publications · 596 citations

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  5. Instructional Science

    3 publications · 70 citations

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