Students' Creativity and Problem-Solving Skills of Students in HighSchools in Tabriz

The purpose of this study is comparing the problem-solving skills and creativity of studentsin secondary schools in Tabriz, Educational District III with respect to their activeparticipation by the means of descriptive study. The population consisted of all students insecondary schools including 8400 students in the first education district of Tabriz. Themethod of sampling was based on random- stratified sampling method and 368 people.Data was collected using standard questionnaires of creativity and problem solving skills aswell as self-made questionnaire by the researcher for the active participation of students.The validity of three questionnaires was approved by educational professors and reliabilitywas calculated with Cronbach's alpha coefficient, respectively, 0.71, 0.70 and 0.89. UsingSPSS and T-test, data were analyzed. The results of the study showed that creativity,elaboration, originality and fluency with respect to the participation of students are notsignificantly different. Flexibility and problem solving skills in students who had highparticipate in the training process was high.

Keywords:

active participation , creativity , problem solving skills , teaching