Abstract of S. Markovski, A. Sokolova Term rewriting system for solving the word problem for sloops The variety of Steiner loops (or sloops) consists of algebras of type <2,0> satisfying the laws (S1), (S2) and (S3). The word problem for the variety of sloops is solvable, as a consequence of a theorem of T. Evans. Here we use a direct approach, i.e. we define a term rewriting system that solves the word problem for sloops, in such a way obtaining a more effective algorithm than the Evans' algorithm.