Some socio -demographic features of pre-service teachers and examination of their problem solving abilities depending on need for cognition

This research aims to examine if there is a significant difference between ?the problem solving abilities? of the undergraduates in pre-service teaching depending on variables of father?s education level, mother?s education level, class level, gender and need for cognition level. The paradigm of this research is 356 undergraduates who study at Pre-Service Department of Education Faculty in Çukurova University, Adana.In order to evaluate the need for cognition level of undergraduates the ?need for cognition scale? is used, in order to evaluate the problem solving ability of them ?problem solving inventory? is used and in order to determine their personal traits ?personal information form? that is prepared by the researcher is used. Obtained data has been statistically analyzed by 11.5 version of SPSS program. Data has been analyzed by arithmetic mean, standard deviation, two factor variance analysis and LSD test.The results of research indicated significant differences in problem solving ability depending on gender and class level. There is no significant difference in problem solving ability depending on the father?s education level and mother?s education level. A significant difference occurred in the interaction of need for cognition and mother?s education level. There is no significant difference in the interaction of need for cognition level and father?s education level, class level and gender.