Improving problem solving and creativity through use of complex-dynamic simulations

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 650-668

  Tennyson, Robert D ^a   Breuer, Klaus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive strategies; Creativity; Knowledge base; Problem solving; Simulations; System dynamics; Thinking strategies

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ITERATIVE METHODS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COGNITIVE STRATEGIES; DOMAIN-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS; THINKING STRATEGIES;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036836628     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(02)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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