To teach problem solving in an interdisciplinary setting, we need to overcome this type of thinking.
In the past each discipline has modified the scientific method to fit its own need (explaining why there are so many different methods of doing essentially the same thing).
As an integrated model, IMaST has attempted to incorporate the essential elements of various problem- solving models, and thereby create a tool sufficiently flexible to handle each of the discipline’s processes and procedures. Awareness of the necessity of this flexibility helps students to see beyond the "cookbook" type of experimentation or problem-solving processes presented in many textbooks that may distort students * views of what scientific research, experimentation, and solving problems in real contexts entail.