According to Table-2 revealed that the students who were taught the problem solving stages for two course hours at the
beginning of the term had difficulty in the stage of the understanding of problem. While 22% of the students determined
the given correctly, 78% of them determined them wrong. It becomes clear at this stage that the problem cannot be
solved without understanding it. It was determined that most of the students (78%) stated the unknown wrong. It was
established that what the students understood from understanding the problem was that the problem text had to be
written as it was. However, 70% of those writing the problem text wrote the problem sentence in a wrong way. This
findings shows how important the place of problem solving stage is in understanding the problem. It is difficult to solve
correctly a problem which is not understood well.
All of the students (100%) stated the stage of indicating the given in a correct way. 70% of the students provided
positive statements in the proposition of the unknown. When the answers at the end of the term are examined, it
becomes clear that there is a positive increase in students’ statements concerning the given and unknown.