1. Why would a teacher who was planning to evaluate student problem-solving be interested in the following steps: understanding the problem to be solved, attacking the problem systematically, and arriving at a reasonable answer? Answer Each of the steps should be assessed with a different type of test. The steps illuminate the affective objectives of problem-solving tasks. The steps will be useful assessment tools because they are components of problem-solving tasks that apply to varied subject matter. The steps show that problem solving should be assessed at levels 1 and 2 of Bloom's taxonomy