Dictionary of Environmental Health
The term applied to describe a method of problem solving through the exploration of a set of possibilities rather than by following a specific set of rules. Teaching methods that are heuristic are those that allow the pupil or student to discover or learn things for themselves rather than through being specifically taught.
See also: ALGORITHM
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