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General problem-solving strategies are strategies which can be used in everyday life, not just in mathematics: If I want to solve a problem then it will help me to recall how I solved a similar problem. If I want to reach a goal then I can think about which steps I should do first in order to get there (working forward); or I can think about what could be the last step, reaching the goal (working backward), and what interim goals I could set for myself.
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Grieser, D. (2018). General problem solving strategies: Similar problems, working forward and backward, interim goals. In: Exploring Mathematics. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90321-7_6
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