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ERIC Number: EJ551089
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
Problem-Solving through Technology: An Interpretive Dilemma.
Rowell, Patricia M.; Gustafson, Brenda J.; Guilbert, Sandra M.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v43 n2-3 p86-98 Sum-Fall 1997
Interviews with 20 engineers revealed that their approach to technological problem-solving bore little resemblance to the model of "problem-solving through technology" in the Alberta elementary science curriculum. Engineers emphasized the importance of context and previous experience in making decisions about each unique situation, whereas the school program suggests a sequence to be used in all contexts. (SV)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Engineers, Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Problem Solving, Science Education, Scientific Methodology, Technological Literacy, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Alberta