Academic excellence and delay and their relationship to the ability to solve problems among first year secondary school students

Abstract

The study aims to explore the differences in the ability to solve problems among the outstanding and low-achieved students of the first year of secondary school ibn saad, enrolled in the academic year 2019/2020, on a sample of 52 pupils, with (25) who are high achievers, (27) low- achievers, and applied to them (Heppner & Petersen,1978) for problem-solving capability, adapted by Hamdi Nazih (1998) on the Arab environment. The comparative descriptive approach was adopted as the most appropriate, using the "T" test. To and "U" test, indicate the differences between the two independent specimens and the final conclusions: there are real and significant differences between the high-achievers and the low-achievers in the study in the ability to solve problems in favor of the academically superior, and the absence of significant differences between males and females who are Outstanding students and lagging students in the ability to solve problems.