January 2015
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In the context of twenty-first-century education, problem finding is an important competency that we need to equip our students with. Why? Simply because doing well in school academically can no longer guarantee a good career. At least in the science classroom, many still regard problem solving as an important and valuable skill. Needless to say, we need to equip our students to have an inquiring mind and learn to solve problems. The driving question in this study shifts towards a related but rarely investigated skillset: How do we teach students to identify a unique problem in the first place? The sections subsequently argue that we also need to develop creative minds that are predisposed to generating problems that may draw new insights and make uncharted connections.