The effect of story in teaching problem solving to children

Objective: The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of teaching problem solving through stories and teaching according to Dzurilla and Nezu (2007) method on the adolescent boys‘s MEPS scores. .Methods: this research includes 36 students. They randomly assigned in to three groups: control group, teaching problem solving through stories and teaching problem solving according to Dzurilla and Nezu (2007) method. The intervention program for experimental groups included 10 group and 60-minute sessions.  We used Means- Ends test (1981) for measuring problem solving skill and covariance and Tukey tests for analyzing data. Results: The results showed that both 2 Methods of teaching problem solving were effective on the increasing of problem solving skill in comparison to control group, but the adolescents who participate in teaching problem solving through stories classes and the ones who participate in teaching problem solving according Dzurilla and Nezu (2007) method, both report the same level of problem solving skill according to MEPS. So teaching problem solving through stories was the same effective as teaching it according to Dzurilla and Nezu (2007) method on  aggressive boys ‘s MEPS scores.