Aids for Problem Solving.

Abstract

Numerous attempts have been made to provide computerized problem solving aids. In most instances such aids are designed without any previous systematic study of the problem solvers who are to use such an aid or any subsequent validation that such aids are really useful. This paper presents the results of two prelimimary experiments. In one experiment, a structured aid was not found to be an effective aid to problem solving. However, there were indications of how such an aid might be improved. In a second experiment, an unstructured aid was found to facilitate performance on two creative design problems. The results of this experiment also suggest that creative ideas tend to occur in sequences and that subjects are relatively more likely to terminate suggestions with a creative suggestion than an uncreative one. (Author)

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 1977
Accession Number
ADA041290

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  • Don Lyon
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  • Lance A. Miller

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