Latest Trends in Problem Solving Assessment

Abstract

Abstract-Problem solving is the skill that coordinates all the cognitive, metacognitive and behavioral processes taking place when individuals encounter a previously unprecedented situation or difficulty. Metacognitive processes seem to play the most important role for resolving a problematic situation as individuals reflect on their acquired knowledge, skills and experiences, thus become aware of their capabilities and how to regulate them. Therefore, metacognitive awareness is the competence that mostly assists individuals in their attempt to construct new knowledge and reach their goals. Furthermore, individuals' self-assessment and peerassessment processes could reveal their level of metacognitive awareness and therefore, by far, their problem solving competency. Consequently, ICTs could capture individuals' problem solving skills through tracking down and analyzing the latters' cognitive and metacognitive processes as well as their behavioral patterns. The aforementioned computerbased assessment could consist of a fuzzy expert system with domain knowledge from an automated task-based test with particular solution strategies in combination with log data for identifying and classifying one's level of problem solving ability according to specific criteria.Index Terms-problem solving skills assessment, collaborative problem solving skills assessment, life success.

Enhancing Problem-Solving Skills Of 8th-Grade Students in Learning the First-Degree Equations in One Unknown

“…This framework was also considered as the theoretical basis for developing the scale of problem-solving competence level. Karyotaki and Drigas (2016) have the same opinion as Reeff et al (2006) on assessment tools based on ICT (Information and Communication Technology). According to the them, ICT can assess individuals' ability to solve problems through monitoring and analyzing cognitive and metacognitive processes and their behaviors.…”

“…The exercises that displayed exceptional results had exercises with clear sentence-building, demonstrating their ability to learn the problem very well. Farida et al (2018); Karyotaki and Drigas (2016); Simamora et al (2017) have few studies on the relationship between the theory of realistic mathematics education (RME), problem-based teaching teaching that developed students' problem-solving skills. Figure 7 presents this phenomenon as seen in student 01's worksheet with the correct answer.…”

Research for a Teaching Approach: An Example of Addressing the High School Students’ Conceptual and Reasoning Difficulties in the Study of Direct Current Simple Electric Circuits

“…The results of this work, but also of others, indicate that the traditional approach to circuit study leads to major conceptual and reasoning obstacles and does not help the students to overcome their difficulties. Senior cognitive skills, such as problem solving can be improved through students' active learning methods, which aim at participants' exploring and applying knowledge, themselves [30].…”

Serious Games in pre-K and K-6 education

“…Immersive problem-based tasks, as well as individualised and cooperative learning experiences derived from the implementation of effective serious game techniques, develop preschool and primary school students' problem-solving abilities and academic achievement. Such competences include working memory, fluid reasoning, critical thinking, creativity, and time management [22].…”

“…Overall, it may be said, the interrelatedness of digital technologies in education domain is very dynamic and successful, facilitates and improves the educational approach via Mobiles [41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50], various ICTs applications , AI & STEM [83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94], and games [16], [95][96][97][98][99]. Additionally, the combination of ICTs with theories and models of metacognition, mindfulness, meditation and emotional intelligence cultivation [22], as well as with environmental factors and nutrition [123][124][125][126], accelerates and improves more over the educational practices and results.…”