Imagine a Story ...
•“In Kim’s chem class the professor assigned challenge
problems worth extra credit, but each week Kim couldn’t do them and asked for
help. The teacher said, ‘Don’t give up, attempt the problem again each
day.’
Kim followed the advice and was able to solve the problems.”
•Abstracting from the
situation: A good problem-solving technique is to return to problem.
•Some
aspects are relevant
•Some
aspects are irrelevant