{"pk":30705,"title":"Access and Use of Previous Solutions In a Problem Solving Situation","subtitle":null,"abstract":"An important component of problem solving is the ability to make use of previous examples.This requires noticing the relevance between the current and previous problems. W e examine the role of the superficial and structural relations among problems and the remindings that these similarities elicit in a problem solving situation. Students learned to program in an electronic book environment in which they were able to store and later retrieve solved problems. Their use of jM-evious solutions suggests that novices are indeed sensitive to structural similarities and can use retrieved solutions in new problem situations.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Paper Presentations","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/50319691","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Jeremiah","middle_name":"M.","last_name":"Faries","name_suffix":"","institution":"Princeton University","department":""},{"first_name":"Brian","middle_name":"J.","last_name":"Reiser","name_suffix":"","institution":"Princeton University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1988-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/30705/galley/20554/download/"}]}