Effect Of TRIZ Program On Creative Thinking Skills And Decision-Making Skills Among Gifted Students In Saudi Arabia

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2018-04
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Attiyah, Aljohani Saleh
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
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This study aimed to identify the effect of the TRIZ program on creative thinking and decision-making skills among the gifted students in Saudi Arabia. This study intend to answer research questions that include the level, the relationship between these two skills, the effect of TRIZ program and viewpoints of gifted students regarding the effect of the TRIZ program on these skills. This study used the mixed methods research. The study sample consisted of 1st grade secondary gifted students. They were distributed into two groups: an experimental group and a control group. The researcher used TTCT and Tarawneh Scale (2006) to measure the skills of decision-making. Statistical methods were related to frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations of the gifted students’ scores in the total and sub-scores in the creative thinking and the decision-making skills scales. Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated to find a correlation between the creative thinking and the decision-making skills. The analysis of covariance ANCOVA and the multivariate analysis of covariance MANCOVA were used to judge the significance of differences between the experimental and control groups in the total and sub-scores. The study results showed that there is a decrease in the level of creative thinking skills among gifted students. The results also showed that the level of decision-making skill among the gifted students was at average level. With respect to dimensions, the level of decision-making skills was average in four dimensions and low in four other dimensions. The results showed a high positive correlative relationship between the total score on the Torrens creative thinking scale and the decision-making skills scale.
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TRIZ program on creative thinking skills and making skills , among gifted students in Saudi Arabia
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