Introduction
Practical Problem Solving in the Workplace
Mathematics in the Grocery Store and on the Street
Ceci and Liker’s Study of Racetrack Handicapping
Cross-Cultural Research on Everyday Reasoning and Problem Solving
Research by Wagner and Sternberg on Tacit Knowledge
Summary
INTRODUCTION
In this chapter I review some representative research projects on different forms
of practical reasoning and problem solving, ranging from everyday uses of
mathematics to specific job-related skills to the specialized abilities developed
by particular cultures to more general forms of knowledge involved in
occupational success. In this review I once again try to highlight some of the
common themes and concerns of this research, as well as some of the ways in
which these concerns and research results relate to the general conceptual issues
developed in chapter 7. My aim in this review is to demonstrate that there is a
growing and, despite the diversity of topics, an increasingly interconnected
literature on the topic of practical intelligence.
