TY - JOUR
T1 - The quality of high school students’ problem solving from an expertise development perspective
AU - Elvira, Quincy
AU - Imants, Jeroen
AU - deMayer, Sven
AU - Segers, Mien
N1 - Data available from Quincy Elvira
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The ability to solve problems is a key skill and is essential to our day-to-day lives, at home, at school and at work. The present study explores the quality of managerial problem-solving of participants who are in secondary education. We studied 10th, 11th, and 12th graders following a business track in the netherlands. Participants were asked to represent, diagnose and solve business cases. The transcripts (handwritten ‘case solutions’) of all 213 participants were analysed for managerial knowledge and problem-solving accuracy. Futhermore, we controlled the data for individual interest. The results demonstrate students’ progress in terms of the quality of solving problem from 10th grade until 12th grade. Several implications for education are discussed.
AB - The ability to solve problems is a key skill and is essential to our day-to-day lives, at home, at school and at work. The present study explores the quality of managerial problem-solving of participants who are in secondary education. We studied 10th, 11th, and 12th graders following a business track in the netherlands. Participants were asked to represent, diagnose and solve business cases. The transcripts (handwritten ‘case solutions’) of all 213 participants were analysed for managerial knowledge and problem-solving accuracy. Futhermore, we controlled the data for individual interest. The results demonstrate students’ progress in terms of the quality of solving problem from 10th grade until 12th grade. Several implications for education are discussed.
U2 - 10.1177/2047173416630012
DO - 10.1177/2047173416630012
M3 - Article
SN - 2047-1734
VL - 14
SP - 172
EP - 192
JO - Citizenship, Social and Economics Education
JF - Citizenship, Social and Economics Education
IS - 3
ER -