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CHAPTER I THE IMPORTANCE OF PROBLEM SOLVING: New Views about Thinking and Problem Solving
Some Common Approaches to Problems
Menmi Escapes
The Purpose and Structure of This Book
PART I A FRAMEWORK FOR USING KNOWLEDGE MORE EFFECTIVELY: CHAPTER 2 A MODEL FOR IMPROVING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS: The IDEAL Approach to Problem Solving
Failure to Identify the Possibility of Future Problems
The Importance of Conceptual Inventions
The Importance of Systematic Analysis
The Importance of Using External Representations
Some Additional General Strategies
The Importance of Specialized Concepts and Strategies
The Importance of Acting on Strategies to Evaluate Outcomes
The IDEAL Cycle
Blocks to Creative Problem Solving
CHAPTER 3 CREATIVITY AND THE IDEAL FRAMEWORK: Identify Problems and Opportunities
Define Alternative Goals
Explore Possible Strategies
Anticipate and Act
Look and Learn
The IDEAL Cycle and Creativity
CHAPTER 4 INTELLIGENT CRITICISM: The Importance of Evaluating Arguments
Three Ways of Critically Evaluating Arguments
The Analysis of Factual Claims
Evaluating the Reasoning of Arguments
The Analysis of Key Assumptions
CHAPTER 5 EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION: The Importance of Identifying Communication Problems
Three Ways of Defining Communication Goals
Message
Audience
Presentation Medium
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Your Attempts to Communicate
PART 2 A MODEL FOR ACQUIRING NEW KNOWLEDGE: CHAPTER 6 IMPROVING MEMORY SKILLS: Remembering as Problem Solving
Understanding Basic Memory Processes
Strategies for Remembering
Adapting and Inventing Memory Strategies
CHAPTER 7 LEARNING WITH UNDERSTANDING : Comprehension as Problem Solving
Learning about New Areas of Knowledge
Anticipating Outcomes and Acting on Comprehension
Strategies
Looking at the Effects and Learning to Learn
The IDEAL Cycle and Lifelong Learning
CHAPTER 8 INSTRUCTION THAT FACILITATES PROBLEM SOLVING: Why Problem Solving Needs to Be an Integral Part of Education
Problems with Traditional Approaches to Instruction
Organizing Learning Around Problem Solving
General Issues Related to Problem-Based Learning
The Importance of Opportunities for Assessment
CHAPTER 9 CONCLUDING REMARKS: The Development of Problem-Solving Skills
Attitudes
Notes. APPENDIX A ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS IN TEXT. APPENDIX B ANSWERS TOEXERCISES. APPENDIX C IDEAL PROBLEM NAVIGATION GUIDE.
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Publisher's summary

Provocative, challenging, and fun, The Ideal Problem Solver offers a sound, methodical approach for resolving problems based on the IDEAL (Identify, Define, Explore, Act, Look) model. The authors suggest new strategies for enhancing creativity, improving memory, criticizing ideas and generating alternatives, and communicating more effectively with a wider range of people. Using the results of laboratory research previously available only in a piece-meal fashion or in scientific journals, Bransford and Stein discuss such issues as Teaming new information, overcoming blocks to creativity, and viewing problems from a variety of perspectives. The Second Edition features: A new organization that focuses, in Part I, on the effective utilization of current knowledge and, in Part 11, on the explanation and use of the Ideal model. A refined problem solving model that is easier to understand and apply. A new chapter that explores strategies for improving how schools and organizations can prepare people to think and solve problems. New illustrative examples and exercises that encourage students to develop effective strategies for solving problems.
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IDEAL Problem Solver by Bransford & Stein: Table of Contents

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