Analysis of Graduate Dissertations Examining the Effects of Creative Thinking Practices

This study examined the master and doctoral dissertations related to the application of creative thinking skills in the National Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. For this purpose, 18 master and 4 doctoral dissertations published in Turkish since 2007, which were determined as the starting year within the scope of the study, were analyzed. According to the findings of the study, it was determined that the number of related studies increased in 2011 and 2016. Studies have generally focused on the effect of creative thinking skill on some dependent variables and on the perception/beliefs about creative thinking. Creative thinking skills were analyzed mostly in the context of Social Studies, Science and Technology and Life Science courses. It is seen that the studies are often carried out on quantitative and mixed method patterns and medium-sized samples. In the studies, it was determined that the questionnaire-scale, document and interview were frequently used as data collection method. In the studies, content analysis, descriptive analysis, parametric and non-parametric methods were mostly used as data analysis method. When the results of the studies are examined, it can be stated that the applications put into work generally have a positive effect on creative thinking. abstract Purpose of the study is of the that affect the and this many to the level skills of to sufficient that they ( 2012). High -level thinking skills include skills such as understanding, solving problems, making decisions, reflective, relational and critical thinking, being analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating, questioning, explaining, making correct predictions and inferences, self-regulation, classification 2011). The concept of creative is a type of that with creativity and reflects its characteristics. This type of includes combining and decomposing, thinking, the connections between the elements, and ırışoğlu, According to and Argun of different and