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  1. School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, 221C Townsend Hall, 65211, Columbia, MO, USA

    Dr. David H. Jonassen

  2. College of Education and Human Development, University of North Dakota, 231 Centennial Drive, Stop 7189, 58202, Grand Forks, ND, USA

    Dr. Woei Hung

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Jonassen, D.H., Hung, W. (2012). Problem Solving. In: Seel, N.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_208

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