Creating algorithms by accounting for features of the solution: the case of pursuing maximum happiness

Research shows that though some students can easily find the correct solutions to the problem(s) at hand, the algorithms that these students create are not always ones that would, when implemented, produce the correct solution(s). Towards shedding light on this phenomenon, the present study explicates a mechanism—accounting for features of the solution—by which students create algorithms. Via this mechanism, students notice particular features...