The Effect of Gifted Students’ Creative Problem Solving Program on Creative Thinking

AbstractThe aim of this study was to determine the effect of creative problem solving teaching program designed for gifted students on the creative thinking skills of the middle school aged students. The study was conducted in summer 2010 with 47 gifted students in Istanbul Turkey. In this study, experiment and control groups were formed. Creative Problem Solving Program was applied to the experiment group. The Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) was used to measure. Results indicated that there was not a significant difference (p>.05) between pretest scores of both group. Concerning post-test and pre-test, a significant difference (p<.05) was found in favor of experimental group. According to the research results the effect of creative problem solving on creative thinking skills was investigated in detail and suggestions were given