Instead, heuristic diagnostic teaching is a continuous feedback model that allows for on-going modification where content knowledge and the appropriate pedagogy are synthesized into a system of instruction.
Heuristic is defined as enriched learning through problem-solving methods.
It also involves use of reflective techniques such as metacognition to enhance performance. Metacognition is being aware of and evaluating one's own thinking during learning. Research shows that metacognition is an effective heuristic. Heuristic diagnostic teaching is a process whereby an individual's learning preferences, academic strengths and weaknesses, and prior learning are taken into account to aid in the improvement of one's performance. Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary.