A method of teaching on which students work like a researcher and solve the problems.

Teaching method is a way to put theory in practice with the help of principles, pedagogy, and management strategies. It helps the teachers to plan and present the lesson in a coherent way.

Key Points

• There are different kinds of teaching approaches in fashion to facilitate constructive and productive learning and the  'Heuristic Method' is one of them.
• 'Heuristic Method of Teaching' is a self-discovery approach, propounded by 'H.E. Armstrong'. In this method, students work as a researcher and solve problems.

Important Points
Heuristic method makes the process of problem-solving and decision making quick and efficient by:

• emphasizing the active involvement of learners.

• promoting the use of critical and imaginative thinking.

• raising problems before students to activate their thinking power.

• enabling students to acquire knowledge by discovering the facts themselves.

Hence it could be concluded that the Heuristic method is a method of teaching on which students work like a researcher and solve problems.

Hint 

• Inductive Method is based on the process of induction. It is a method of constructing a formula with the help of a sufficient number of concrete examples. 
• Deductive Method is based on deduction. At first, the rules are given and then students are asked to apply these rules to solve more problems.
• The Project method emphasizes active learning by association and mutual co-operation of a group of peers to complete a specific project effectively.