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Cognitive variables in science problem solving: a review of research

Joan Josep Solaz PortolésVicente Sanjosé López

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Solució de problemesCiència Ensenyament

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This paper provides an overview of research into cognitive variables that are involved in problem solving and how these variables affect the performance of problem solvers. The variables discussed are grouped together in: prior knowledge, formal reasoning ability and neo-Piagetian variables, long-term memory and working memory, knowledge base, and metacognitive variables.

http://hdl.handle.net/10550/43424