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ERIC Number: EJ401043
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Computer Enhanced Problem Solving Skill Acquisition.
Slotnick, Robert S.
Collegiate Microcomputer, v7 n3 p193-202 Fall 1989
Discusses the implementation of interactive educational software that was designed to enhance critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving in a university psychology course. Piagetian and computer learning perspectives are explained; the courseware package, PsychWare, is described; and the use of heuristics and algorithms in problem solving is discussed. (nine references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Critical Thinking, Heuristics, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Processes, Microcomputers, Operant Conditioning, Problem Solving, Psychology, Skill Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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