Wpływ środków dydaktycznych na proces twórczego rozwiązywania problemów

The paper analyses the present state of knowledge on the influence of the didactic aids on the process of creative problem solving. The author suggests a new methodological approach to the research in this field. Results of the educational experiment carried out are also presented. Basing on those results the author tries to establish precisely the regularities appearing in different phases of problem solving. In order to make the theory closer to teacher practice a number of conclusions and practical directives have been included.