Students can use the five steps in this simple routine to solve problems across the curriculum and throughout their lives.

Tucker, A. L., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Managing Routine Exceptions: A Model of Nurse Problem Solving Behavior." Advances in Health Care Management 3 (2002): 87–113.

Psychologists found that brain areas associated with complex problem-solving -- previously thought to go dormant when we daydream -- are in fact highly active during these episodes.

Solving non-routine mathematics questions requires students to figure out the concept to be used in a given problem and requires them to attempt the question as per the understanding of the concept.

Main Several theories suggest that non-routine behaviors (learning, problem solving) involve different brain regions than do routine behaviors (automatic responses in well-learned situations) 1, 2.

What you do in the morning can make or break your brain’s performance. Here are some simple habits to adopt between wake-up and lunchtime, in the right order.

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In contrast, non-routine jobs have become steadily more important, largely because they require problem-solving, human interactions and creativity.