The Analysis of the Studies on Non-Routine Problems

A number of studies examined non-routine questions in mathematics learning in recent years. The purpose of this study is to examine the studies on non-routine problems in the national and international literature. In doing so, the study designs, methods and results were described. Among the descriptive analysis techniques, document analysis was used in the study. A total of 60 descriptive and experimental studies on non-routine problems were compiled using various databases. Four research questions guided the analysis of the studies. One of the main findings was that the participants in the studies were more successful in solving non-routine questions compared to routine questions. Moreover, the participants were not successful in utilizing more than one solutions for non-routine questions. It is believed that proving students with problem solving and metacognitive learning strategies would increase their achievement in non-routine problems. Conducting further studies on the effects of different instructional approaches and techniques on non-routine problem solving is recommended