The Importance of Problem Solving
Technique
According to Carr
(2007: 23) Higher order thinking skills, such as summarising, analysing and
making inferences and deductions, are developed through problem solving. Tasks
such as observation, collating and evaluating evidence and identifying
essential information help students to make informed judgements. Discovery
learning most notably takes place in prob-lem solving situations where the
learner draws on his/her own experience and priorknowledge to discover the
truths that are to be learned.
Goldstein (2012:
2) Problem solving is a great way to apply language skills, When students examine
a difficult situation in order to identify both the problem and a meaningful
solution, they are learning skills that will serve them well in the workplace,
in their communities, at home with their families, and in their daily lives.
(2014: 14) Students who
use these strategies may eventually solve the problems, but this
problem-solving activity requires so much of their working memory capacity that
no resources are left for learning, that is, acquiring the knowledge needed to solve similar
problems in the
future
Based on DeWitt, Alias
and Siraj (2014: 4) there are several strategies for promoting critical thinking
skills. Questioning can be used by teachers to engage students with the lesson,
as well as to stimulate critical thinking, in questioning, debates involves argumentation
and reasoning, and can develop problem solving skills. Feedback given to
monitor students’ progress during problem solving also assists students in developing
problem solving skills.
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