Good problem solvers
- Understand concepts, terms
- Note
similarities, difference-analogies
- Identify
critical elements
- Note
irrelevant details
- Evaluate
and select alternative solution routes
- Estimate,
approximate, and check for reasonableness
- Switch
methods readily
- Generalize
from few examples
- Learn
from mistakes
- Have
less anxiety, more confidence
- Transfer
learning to similar problems
- Remember
structure of problem – forget context, details
- Break
down problems into smaller units
- Connect
info to what is already known
- Separate
the important from the unimportant