چکیده (انگلیسی):

In recent times, science education researchers have identified a lot of in struments for evaluating
conceptual understanding as well as students’ attitudes and beliefs about physics; unfortunately
however, there are no broad based evaluation instruments in the field of problem-solving in
physics. This missing tool is an indication of the complexity of the field. However, one obvious
way by means of which we can evaluate students’ problem-solving skills is to find out how
teachers and students perceive problem-solving difficulties in physics. Using a population of 210
Senior Secondary School (SSS) physics students and their teachers, this study investigated aspects
of students’ problem-solving difficulties in physics and possible remedies. The result of the
analysis show that lack of students understanding of the problem and their poor mathematical
skills constitute the major obstacles in the circle of difficulties that students experience in solving
physics problems. Furthermore, the study identified two major remedies that could possibly assist
students in solving physics problems: 1) the provision of enough home assignments and 2) the
employment of qualified physics teachers. The results are further discussed in terms of their
implications for effective learning of physics.