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How scientists think: Fostering creativity in problem solving
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Profound discoveries and insights on the frontiers of science do not burst out of thin air but often arise from incremental processes of weaving together analogies, images, and simulations in a constrained fashion. In cutting-edge ...
Employee involvement programs key to workplace diversity
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Jun 24, 2009 |
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A new study by a University of Arizona professor shows employee involvement programs that executives adopt to increase efficiency also end up improving their record on diversity.
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Certain types of thinking are best suited to certain types of problem-solving
Nov 12, 2008 |
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A new study in the journal Mind, Brain, and Education reveals that certain types of thinking are best suited to solving certain types of problems. Specifically, geometry problems are best solved by a combination of verbal ...
It pays to compare: Comparison helps children grasp math concepts
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Comparing different ways of solving math problems is a great way to help middle schoolers learn new math concepts, researchers from Vanderbilt and Harvard universities have found.
When 2 + 2 = major anxiety: Math performance in stressful situations
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Imagine you are sitting in the back of a classroom, daydreaming about the weekend. Then, out of nowhere, the teacher calls upon you to come to the front the room and solve a math problem. In front of everyone. If just reading ...
Individual personal ties strengthen teams' overall creativity
Aug 07, 2008 |
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With more employees working in teams, it is critical to find ways to enable teams to be more creative in their work. A new article in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal explores how imagination, insight, and creative ideas ...
Eureka! How distractions facilitate creative problem-solving
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 30, 2008 |
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How many times have you spent hours slaving over an impossible problem, only to take a break and then easily solve the problem, sometimes within minutes of looking at it again? Although this is actually a common phenomenon, ...
New method for solving differential equations
Jan 24, 2008 |
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Dutch-sponsored mathematician Valeriu Savcenco has developed new methods for the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations. These so-called multirate methods are highly efficient for large systems, where some ...
Solving big problems with new quantum algorithm
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recently published paper, Aram Harrow at the University of Bristol and colleagues from MIT in the United States have discovered a quantum algorithm that solves large problems much faster ...
Gestures lend a hand in learning mathematics
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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Gesturing helps students develop new ways of understanding mathematics, according to research at the University of Chicago.
Creative and noncreative problem solvers exhibit different patterns of brain activity, study reveals
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 29, 2008 |
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Why do some people solve problems more creatively than others? Are people who think creatively somehow different from those who tend to think in a more methodical fashion?
Body movements can influence problem solving (w/Videos)
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May 12, 2009 |
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Swinging their arms helped participants in a new study solve a problem whose solution involved swinging strings, researchers report, demonstrating that the brain can use bodily cues to help understand and ...
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