Pages: 67-73

Abstract

The general aim of this study is investigation of the relationship between the inter-school factors and problem-solving styles fifth grade students in Shabestar. The population of the research is female and male students of fifth grade students in Shabestar. Their number is 1016, sample size is 280 based on Cochran’s formulate and is selected by stratified random sampling. Data collection instruments are two questionnaires (self-made factors in the school, and standard problem-solving styles by Cassidy and Long). Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Pearson Tests are used to analyze statistic data. The results show that there is a significant relationship between effective inter-school factors and problem-solving styles of students. The results also indicate that there is a significant and reversal relationship between cognitive-environment and helplessness and significance and reversal relationship between physical environment and helplessness. There is a significant and reversal relationship between social environment and helplessness. There is a significant and positive relationship between cognitive environment and creativity, between physical environment and creativity, between social environment and creativity, between social environment and confidence, between cognitive environment and confidence. The results show that there is no significant relationship between physical environment and confidence. There is a significant and reversal relationship between cognitive environment and avoidance, between physical environment and avoidance, between social environment and avoidance. There is a significant and positive relationship between cognitive environment and tendency, between physical environment ant tendency, between social environment and tendency of fifth grade students in Shabestar.