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heuristic /heu·ris·tic/ (hu-ris´tik) encouraging or promoting investigation; conducive to discovery.

heuristic

[hyoo͡ris′tik]

Etymology: Gk, heuriskein, to discover

1 serving to stimulate interest for further investigation.

2 pertaining to a teaching method in which the student is encouraged to learn through independent research and investigation.

heuristic [hu-ris´tik]

1. encouraging or promoting investigation; conducive to discovery.

2. denoting a strategy for learning in which the student uses a tool or device for finding a way to achieve a goal or solve a problem.

heuristic,

n self-education built from actual events rather than theory. Also called
empirical.

heuristic

encouraging or promoting investigation; conducive to discovery.

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