TY - GEN AU - Suarez Enciso, Sonia AU - Yang, Hyeri Mel AU - Chacon Ugarte, Gabriela TI - Skills for Life Series: Problem-Solving PY - 2024 Y1 - 2024/08/02 DO - 10.18235/0013098 AB - Problem-solving skills help individuals cope with problem by analyzing it, and proposing viable solutions based upon available information. They are crucial for learning, societal participation, and personal activities, as well as for employment success. They decrease depression and aggression while improving academic performance and prosocial behaviors. Developing problem-solving skills can start at a young age through methods like problem-based learning, inquiry-based learning, and project work. In this brief we tell you more about its relevance, as well as successful initiatives to foster these skills and the existing tools to measure them. UR - https://doi.org/10.18235/0013098 ER -