Hi
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Matthew Raney wrote:
> Molly's reaction struck a cord with me, in that I have been wondering what
> the instructional use of brain teasers would be? I will (hopefully) be
> teaching an Intro Psych course here at UNC next year, and had thought of
> using the previous hat brain teaser, but couldn't think of what it would
> be used to demonstrate. Any suggestions/ideas?
When teaching cognitive section, use them to illustrate some of
the difficulties that people experience when trying to solve
problems. Many brain-teasers require overcoming some restrictive
perspective and/or achieving some new insight. It may be
difficult to say whether these are distinct or equivalent
processes. Others require application of logical thinking and
reasoning.
Best wishes
Jim
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