This document discusses problem-solving software and its effectiveness in developing students' problem-solving skills. It notes that problem-solving software aims to help students apply their knowledge and skills to solve non-obvious problems. However, simply using such software may not actually help students learn or develop problem-solving abilities, as they could be enjoying the software without developing the needed skills. Teachers must evaluate whether specific software truly achieves its goal of improving students' problem-solving skills or if its instructional approach suits students' learning strategies.

1. Prepared by:
Maria Jonalyn A. Lamon
BSE-III Filipino

2. • Problem-solving Software
• This software is directed at
achieving a goal when the
solution is not obvious.
• Problem-solving software
offers a chance for learners to
apply their content knowledge
and skills.

3. •Teachers should see to it
that software should be
able to develop the skills
of the students in solving
various kinds of content-
area problems.

4. • The software should also
have the feature that
would keep the interest of
the students in moving on
in solving problems.

5. •The problems should
be challenging to
bring out the level
best in the students.

6. • Promotes visualization in
mathematics problem solving

7. • Fosters better understanding in
visualization of abstract
concept.

8. • Improves interest and motivation in doing
problem-solving activities. This will allow
students to become more active and
impulsive problem solvers.

9. Effectiveness of Problem-solving Software
The problems-skills that students
supposed to be developing through
the use of the software may not
actually be helping them to learn
these skills though software catalogue
claims that it can foster problem
skills.

10. The students may be enjoying in
solving problems using the software
but they are not actually listening or
developing the skills needed.
Teachers have to use the problem-
solving software first to confirm its
effectiveness that it truly achieves the
end-results of developing skills in
problem-solving.

11. Suitability in Learning Strategy of
Students
The instructional strategy of the
problem-solving software may not
suit the learning strategy of the
students, thus will limit their learning
and developing of problem-solving.
The kind of instructional strategy
of the software may bring negative
effects in directed instruction.