مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - EXAMINING PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ LEVEL OF CREATIVE THINKING IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES

Abstract :

The aim of this study is to examine prospective teachers’ level of creative thinking in terms of different variables. The sample of the study is composed of a total of 140 prospective teachers who are studying at the Department of Primary Education and the Department of Science Education in Bayburt University. “Verbal Form-A and Figural Form-A of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking” were used as the data collection tool in the research. SPSS 18.0 package program was used in analyzing the data. Two-way ANOVA, independent t-test and Mann-Whitney U Test were conducted. According to the data, no significant difference was found among prospective teachers’ scores regarding verbal fluency, verbal flexibility and verbal originality, which are included in the verbal form of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, in terms of their gender whereas a significant difference was found in each of this items in favor of prospective classroom teachers in terms of their department. No significant difference was found among prospective teachers’ scores in originality, abstractness of titles and resistance to premature closure, which are the sub-dimensions of the figural form of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, in terms of their gender and department whereas a significant difference was found their scores regarding richness (elaboration) in favor of prospective elementary teachers.