Problem solving and creativity represent heights of cognitive performance. Learning through problem solving is a variant of heuristics, a way to apply the theory of learning through discovery that contributes to the formation of the intellectual abilities of students. The orientation of the educational-teaching process towards the formation of intellectual abilities, ways of thinking, cognitive strategies, active-participatory training methods.

Rezolvarea de probleme şi creativitatea reprezintă culmi ale performanţei cognitive. Învăţarea prin rezolvarea de probleme este o variantă a euristicii, o modalitate de aplicare a teoriei învăţării prin descoperire care contribuie la formarea capacităţilor intelectuale ale elevilor. Orientarea procesului instructiv-educativ pe formarea de capacităţi intelectuale, mod de gândire, strategii cognitive, metode de instruire activ-participative.