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Fadime Ulusoy; Musa Sadak; Lutfi Incikabi; Murat Pektas – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
This study explores gender-based differences in sixth-grade students' potential for mathematical creativity through the interrelated processes of problem solving (PS) and problem posing (PP), grounded in a multidimensional framework of creativity--encompassing fluency, flexibility, and originality. A total of 346 sixth graders from public schools…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Grade 6, Creativity, Problem Solving
Selahattin Gönen; Serkan Noyan – Science Education International, 2025
In this study, it was aimed to determine the level of use of self-regulation strategies by science teachers while problem-solving in their lessons according to the variables of gender, education level, and professional exprience. This study was carried out on a total of 800 volunteer science teachers working under the Ministry of National…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Management, Science Teachers, Problem Solving
Scientific Knowledge and Fourth-Generation Learning Skills among University Students in Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim Abdu Alsaadi; Yazeed Mohameed Alshehry; Ahdab Abdalelah Saaty; Ferial Mahmoud Alhaj – Journal of International Students, 2025
The study assessed scientific knowledge and fourth-generation learning skills (4GLSs), including cognitive, information technology, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills, among University of Jeddah students in Saudi Arabia. We aimed to identify 4GLSs based on recent scientific research, construct scales to measure them, define the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Thinking Skills, Information Technology
Gholami, Hosseinali – Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2023
Problem solving is the most important factor in mathematics learning. The results of Trends of International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and Program for International Students Assessment (PISA) show Malaysian students are facing difficulties in problem solving. This study investigates the ability of foundation level students of a public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction, Gender Differences
Yohannes Tesfaye Sahlu; Mulugeta Woldemichael; Yonas Tessema Achule – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2025
The purpose of this study was to investigate the types of errors grade 10 students make in solving selected trigonometry problems. Another aim was to understand the origins of these errors that Students make when solving trigonometry problems. Another central purpose of the study was to provide instructional recommendations for addressing the…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Secondary School Students, Error Patterns, Trigonometry
Agboro-Eravwoke Ochuko Urhievwejire; Edah Ngozi Blessing; Iyayi Innocent Ehighae – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
The study was conducted to ascertain if learning styles and corresponding teaching methods are factors that influence effective learning. The study employed a non-equivalent planned variation quasi-experimental design. The study's sample comprised 362 chemistry students from six senior high schools in Delta State. The students were selected using…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Teaching Methods, Learning, Chemistry
Nur Banu Yigit; Özge Pinarcik Sakaryali – International Journal of Modern Education Studies, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between early childhood teacher candidates' empathic tendencies and social problem-solving skills. A total of 187 teacher candidates studying in the department of Early Childhood Education at Duzce University participated in this study. The relational research model, a quantitative research…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Teachers, Empathy, Problem Solving
Wider, Clarice; Wider, Walton – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
A number of studies have demonstrated a connection between metacognition and the ability to solve problems. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the effect of metacognitive skills on Physics problem-solving skills among Form Four secondary school students in Sabah, Malaysia. This study included 248 students from 13 secondary schools in the Kota…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Physics, Problem Solving, Secondary School Students
Faulkner, Fiona; Breen, Cormac; Prendergast, Mark; Carr, Michael – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2023
In 2010 a mathematics curriculum was introduced in Irish second level schools entitled 'Project Maths' (PM). It aimed to refocus second level mathematics teaching and learning away from an over emphasis on procedural mathematics towards problem solving and real understanding [Department of Education and Skills (DES). (2010). "Report of the…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Curriculum, College Freshmen
Marco Cruz-Sandoval; José Carlos Vázquez-Parra; Martina Carlos-Arroyo; Juan Alberto Amézquita-Zamora – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
Going beyond teaching knowledge to develop students' competencies challenges contemporary universities because acquiring knowledge is insufficient without the capacity to implement it in real environments. Complex thinking is among the most valued competencies. It allows people to reason to solve problems, integrating their scientific, systemic,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Thinking Skills
Zehorit Dadon-Golan; Iris BenDavid-Hadar – European Journal of Education, 2025
The knowledge-based economy and the information society highlights the importance of developing new competencies for personal, professional and social integration. Problem-solving in technologically rich environments (PS-TREs) is one of these competencies. This research examines the relationships between higher education and the PS-TREs…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, College Graduates, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Economy
Tabancali, Erkan; Öngel, Gülay – European Educational Researcher, 2022
Lifelong learning, which is an uninterrupted learning approach, means that individuals learn to adapt to changing social, cultural, technological, or economic conditions, and thus advance their lives. Educating individuals as lifelong learners for their equal participation in society is an important educational ideal. For these reasons, it is…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, High School Students, Problem Solving, Gender Differences
Özeren, Ender – International Education Studies, 2023
The research aims to determine whether secondary school students' digital literacy and problem-solving skills predict 21st-century skills. It is a correlational survey study. The population of the research is the students studying in secondary schools in formal education institutions in Elazig. The sample of the research is 490 secondary school…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, 21st Century Skills, Digital Literacy, Problem Solving
Charlotte Price; Tamara Thiele; Martin Price – European Journal of Education, 2025
In England, there has been a shift away from 'aspiration raising' in widening participation (WP) activities aimed at improving access to higher education (HE) for students from low socio-economic status groups. This shift is partly based on the notion that students from these groups do not inherently "aim lower" However, understanding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Aspiration, Low Income Students, High School Students
Ahmet Akif Erbas – SAGE Open, 2025
It is seen as a need to integrate trainings for the development of life skills of disadvantaged children into schools. It is recommended to plan such activities by drawing attention to the lack of intervention programs for the development of life skills. In this context, the objective of the present study is to examine the effects of out-of-school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabs, Refugees, Grade 9

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