Enhancing Problem-solving Skills of Pre-service Elementary School Teachers through Problem-based Learning

In order to measure the problem-solving skills of the students, Problem-solving skills inventory (PSSI) developed by Yaman (2003) was used. The inventory consisted 28 items in 5 point likert scale which were fully agree, agree, undecided, disagree, fully disagree. The cronbach α reliability of the test was found to be 0.87.

A semi-structured interview and open-ended questionnaire were prepared in order to determine opinions of experimental group students about the implementation and implications of PBL. Interviews were carried out with 6 groups (n=25) of 10. The group selections were made based on their achievement and participation levels during the instruction period: Two high achievers, 2 medium achievers, and 2 low achievers. The number of students responding to open-ended questionnaire was 25.