A Study of the Conditions Influencing Analogical Problem Solving.

Yang, Chu-Ling; Wedman, John F.

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ERIC Number: EJ469811

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Publication Date: 1993

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A Study of the Conditions Influencing Analogical Problem Solving.

Yang, Chu-Ling; Wedman, John F.

Journal of Research and Development in Education, v26 n4 p213-21 Sum 1993

This study investigated conditions for optimizing college students' analogical problem solving. Students given pictorial (not verbal) representations of solutions to source problems were better problem solvers, as were students given a longer time. Students who derived personal solution principles to source problems were not superior to students given solution principles. (SM)

Descriptors: Analogy, College Students, Higher Education, Nonverbal Learning, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills, Verbal Learning, Visual Learning

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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