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Problem Solving, 2nd Edition
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Problem Solving, 2nd Edition

by S. Ian Robertson
November 2016
Beginner content levelBeginner
286 pages
10h 54m
English
Psychology Press
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4

Worked examples and instructional design

Before going on, try Activity 4.1.

Activity 4.1

  • Have you ever had to do exercise problems in textbooks?
  • Have you ever been stuck on one?
  • Whom did you “blame”?

I once attempted to learn the rudiments of the programming language Prolog from textbooks. At one point I found myself reading a section that attempted to explain the concept of recursion and presented about half a dozen examples. As I read the section I felt that the concept was quite well explained and the examples seemed readily understandable. At the end of the section there were some exercise problems and so, with some confidence, I got a sheet of paper and had a go at the first one. I quickly discovered that I hadn’t a clue where to begin ...

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ISBN: 9781317496007