The Effect of a Training Program Based on Creative Problem Solving on Developing Divergent Thinking on a Sample of 7th Graders in Jordan

Abstract

This study aimed at investigating the effect of a training program based on creative problem solving to a sample of 60 female students from the 7th graders in Amman, distributed into two groups: experimental group and control group, the equivalence of the groups was investigated before applying the program, using the pretest of divergent thinking after testing its psychometric properties using the suitable procedures, and after applying the experiment, the post test was applied on the two groups The findings showed a significant effect of the training program based on creative problem solving on every skill of the divergent thinking test: fluency, flexibility, originality, details, and titles, and on the whole test. The study recommended applying creative problem solving for the different grades, and conducting more similar researches on different grades and samples.