Perceptions Of Primary School Students For Problem Solving Skills And Their Help-Seeking During Learning Process

This study aims to analyze perceptions of second-level elementary school students about problem solving skills and their help seeking during the learning process. Seven hundred seventy-eight (385 female, 393 male) elementary school students participated in the study. Data were collected through the “Problem Solving Inventory for Children” and “Help Seeking in the Learning Process Scale”. Analysis of the data was conducted via the Kruskal Wallis Test, Mann-Whitney U-Test, and the Spearman Brown correlation coefficient. According to the findings of the study, there was a significant difference between the problem solving skills of elementary school students in terms of gender and grade level. While elementary school students differed significantly in seeking assistance according to their genders, no significant difference was found in terms of their grade levels. There was a significant relationship between the problem solving skills of elementary school teachers and their seeking assistance.