Problem Construction is half the Solution? The Effects of Instructions and Problem Scope
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Tiedemann, Hendrik; Baas, Matthijs; Gündemir, Seval
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- Subject
- Problem construction
problem scope
selection effectiveness
explicit instruction
Social and Behavioral Sciences
creative solutions
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The objective of this study is to examine the influence of instructions (focused on creativity vs. personal relevance) and problem scope (narrow vs. broad problem) on problem construction performance. We look at how the problem construction performance subsequently influences performance during solution generation and selection.