Educational Psychology / Unit 6 EDP 0508 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Well- and Ill-Structured Problems
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The idea
Problem solving means resolving tasks with obstacles; well-structured problems supply the information and clear rules, while ill-structured problems leave information missing and allow many solutions.
In practice
A textbook word problem is well-structured; how to raise a school's attendance is ill-structured.
Where people slip
Ill-structured problems have no single correct procedure, so defining the problem is part of solving it.
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