heuristic
adjective /hjʊəˈrɪstɪk/
  /hjʊˈrɪstɪk/
(formal)- heuristic teaching or education encourages you to learn by discovering things for yourselfOxford Collocations DictionaryHeuristic is used with these nouns:- method
 Word Originearly 19th cent.: formed irregularly from Greek heuriskein ‘find’.