creators_name: Shao, Z. F.
creators_name: Liu, Y. F.
creators_name: Zhong, Y. P.
type: journalp
datestamp: 2007-08-20
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:56
metadata_visibility: show
title: Research on Problem Difficulty (in Chinese)
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: problem solving, problem difficulty, artificial problem
abstract: This paper examines some sources of problem difficulty with the tool of a new type of artificial problems. The sources are: 1) the number of known variables: it has no effects on problem difficulty. 2) the number of unknown variables: problem difficulty will increase when it  increases. 3) whether prompting the names are not prompted. 4) the arrangement of variables; problem difficulty will increase if variables are arranged in disorder. 5) the number of operations (processes) to choose; problem difficulty will increase when it increases. 6) the similarity of the operations to choose: problem difficulty will increase when operations are similar. 7) the style of presentation of the former problems; it can change the likelihood that the attributes of problems enter man’s sphere of consciousness; problem difficulty will increase when the attributes of the former problems are unlikely to enter man’s sphere of consciousness.
date: 1996
date_type: published
publication: Psychological Science
volume: 19
pagerange: 278-281
refereed: FALSE
citation:   Shao, Z. F. and Liu, Y. F. and Zhong, Y. P.  (1996) Research on Problem Difficulty (in Chinese).  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/5657/1/Research_on_Problem_Difficulty.pdf