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Can I Solve the Problem?A Program Trail on Problem Solving Skill

1Department of Education Science, Education of Faculty, Erzincan University, Yalnızbağ Campus, Erzincan, Turkey


American Journal of Applied Psychology. 2016, Vol. 4 No. 1, 1-10
DOI: 10.12691/ajap-4-1-1
Copyright © 2016 Science and Education Publishing

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Yener ÖZEN. Can I Solve the Problem?A Program Trail on Problem Solving Skill. American Journal of Applied Psychology. 2016; 4(1):1-10. doi: 10.12691/ajap-4-1-1.

Correspondence to: Yener  ÖZEN, Department of Education Science, Education of Faculty, Erzincan University, Yalnızbağ Campus, Erzincan, Turkey. Email: yenerozen@erzincan. edu.tr

Abstract

In this study the effectiveness of a guidance program prepared to improve the problem solving skill, which is an important part of development in many areas, from academic life to daily life, is investigated. The research is a model of pre-test and post-test experiment with control group. The sample of this study is 20 students selected from 9. grade students of Erzincan Anatolian Vocational School for Trade and Commerce High School. Problem Solving Inventory which was adapted to Turkish by Şahin, Şahin and Heppner [37] was used in this study. To analyze the data, Non-Parametric Mann Whitney U and Non-Parametric Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test were used. According to the result of this study, it is found that significant difference in problem solving skills of students who attended the trainingprogram by the side of students not attending the program.

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