As Instructors we have several tools available to us. We could use role playing, case studies or guided problem solutions to help students improve their analytical skills. To me it seems that all of these have a common element of "practice" or "experience building" in the use of a problem solving process. In a role play or a a guided problem solution a student to led to a solution set and learns to think through some critical cause and effect elements. The key to developing Analytical and Problem Solving skills seems to be practicing and building experience within a relevant subject area. More experience and more knowledge about a subject will give you a broader internal library of potential solutions to draw upon. Therefore, as an instructor I need to add activities to my classes that will require my students to solve problems and include enough structure to ensure that they are successful.