A problem solving approach to instructional evaluation

A Problem-Solving Approach

Grammatical Approach to Problem Solving

The paper presents a grammatical approach to problem solving. It supports formal software specification using attribute grammars, from which a rapid prototype can be generated as well the incremental software development. Domain concepts and relationships among them have to be identified from a problem statement and represented as a context-free grammar. The obtained context-free grammar descri...

A Cultural Approach to Problem Solving

For more than 20 years, our research group has been studying why bright, hard-working students often struggle to solve problems they encounter in undergraduate chemistry courses. Our work has spanned the breadth of the sub-disciplines of chemistry, from organic chemistry to physical chemistry. This paper will begin with a review of some of the general conclusions of this work that revolve aroun...

A Formal Approach to Problem Solving

For more than forty years, problem solving is recognized as central for the understanding of reasoning in the sciences. In this paper a formal approach to problem solving is spelled out. The essential aim is to devise a formal procedure that can function as an explication of a problem-solving process—Sects. 2–5. Touchy topics in this connection are (i) the relation to the relevant philosophy of...

A Dialectic Approach to Problem-Solving

We analyze the dynamics of problem-solving in a framework which captures two key features of that activity. The first feature is that problem-solving is a social game where a number of problem-solvers interact, rely on other agents to tackle parts of a problem, and regularly communicate the outcomes of their investigations. The second feature is that problem-solving requires a careful control o...