The Effects of Synectics Teaching Model in Fostering Creativity

The purpose of this action research was increasing creativity of students. Participants were high school students in the first grade (seventh grade). For the entire first part of the book Science (12 pages) Teaching scenario considering teaching model of Synectic or in combination with other teaching models provided by the teacher researcher. After teaching all the first part of the book, in order to evaluate the action, a teacher made achievement test was performed based on the creativity of the students. Comparison of scores of pupils who were educated based on creative methods with the mean score of a class of students who were trained with traditional methods, showed significant differences. The students who were trained with Synectic Model in response to questions that science is based on the creative aspects of the design were better.