• Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.738-744
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• 2001

This study investigated the influences of an instructional method related to problem solving. The new instruction consists of a four-stage problem-solving strategy emphasizing 'planning' and 'checking' stages, and a think-aloud paired problem solving in order to check students' performances in solving problems. Two high school classes (n=91) were randomly assigned to the treatment and the control groups. Prior to the instructions. students' perception of involvement and self-efficacy were examined, and their scores were used as covariates in the analysis. Students' problem-solving ability, perception of involvement. and self-efficacy were examined after the instructions. The test scores of the treatment group were significantly higher than those of the control group in the problem-solving ability and the perception of involvement. However, there was no significant difference between the scores of the two groups in the self-efficacy.