heuristic is the art of discovering and inventing, a typical characteristic of human beings, especially when they are looking for answers to complex questions.
Heuristics is a technique of practically automatic thinking and behavior in humans, which act intuitively and unconsciously to find probable answers to what they are looking for.
In short, heuristics can be considered a "mental shortcut" used in human thinking to reach the results and more complicated questions quickly and easily, even if they are uncertain or incomplete.
Imagination, creativity, lateral and divergent thinking, together with the experience of one's own or observed life, are responsible for helping to form the cognitive processes of the heuristic.
In the pedagogical scope, the heuristic method is applied to help students find the answers on a certain subject on their own, through the referral made through some questions, for example.
heuristic analysis
Also known as heuristic evaluation, this type of analysis is configured as practical, fast and superficial, ideal to get an immediate or emergency response on a certain subject, for example.
See also:meaning of analysis.