Specialised education of uzbekistan the uzbek state world languages university the english teaching methodology department

Problem-solving is a process—an ongoing activity in which we take what we know to discover what we don’t know. It involves overcoming obstacles by generating hypo-theses, testing those predictions, and arriving at satisfactory solutions.

Problem-solving involves three basic functions:

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   Seeking information
   
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   Generating new knowledge
   
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   Making decisions
   

The Steps in Problem-Solving In order to correctly solve a problem, it is important to follow a series of steps. Many researchers refe to this as the problem-solving cycle, which includes developing strategies and organizing knowledge.

While this cycle is portrayed sequentially, people rarely follow a rigid series of steps to find a solution. Instead, we often skip steps or even go back through steps multiple times until the desired solution is reached.

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