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General problem-solving ability is neither learned nor taught; what transfers has to be taught explicitly rather than discovered through projects.

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  1. Scott H. Young

    Canadian writer on learning who taught himself MIT's…

    General problem solving abilities are neither learned nor taught. While some problem-solving methods have broader applicability than others (such as the scientific process of hypothesis testing), students learn these methods better when they’re explicitly taught rather than simply giving students projects and hoping they’ll reinvent them on their own.

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