ABSTRACT
Humans have the remarkable ability to acquire almost any skill given suitable instructions and practice.
N. A. Taatgen, D. Huss, D. Dickison, & J. R. Anderson (2008, p. 548)
The skill with which tasks can be learned and problems solved determines in part how successful we are in a given job or occupation, as well as the ease with which the hazards of everyday life are negotiated. Some problems, such as deciding on the purchase of a car or making a career choice, never seem to get any easier to solve. But many others, such as determining which statistical analysis is appropriate for a given type of data or selecting an appropriate fishing lure to use for the prevailing conditions, clearly benefit from repeated problem-solving episodes. Most problem solving depends on knowledge of facts as well as knowledge of techniques. The development of problem-solving skill will thus depend on how efficiently knowledge is conveyed and how factual knowledge is integrated with techniques to operate on that knowledge (Healy & Bourne, 2012).
