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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, n self-education built from actual events rather than theory. Also called empirical. heuristic encouraging or promoting investigation; conducive to discovery. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The CIT provides a method that enables the application of the heuristically rich relational theory from the communication field to library interactions. Using these concepts heuristically, I demonstrate that the Didache functions to establish, reinforce, and maintain social identity among non-Israelite recruits by incorporating a specific Jesus group memory genre, the sayings of Jesus, into a more widely known Mediterranean memory genre, the two ways discourse. We need smarter networks that can heuristically detect and deal with problems, so staff is free to do the things they need to do. |
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