What can we learn from how gifted/average pupils describe their processes of problem solving?

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-325

  Gorodetsky, M ^a   Klavir, R ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b KAYE ACADEMIC COLLEGE OF EDUCATION   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analogical learning; Gifted; Insight problems; Problem solving process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037410801     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4752(02)00005-1     Document Type: Article

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