This study aimed to investigate the relationship between creativity and thinking styles of high school male students in Zanjan in the academic year 2012-2013. The Abedi’s Creativity test and Sternberg's thinking styles questionnaires were used for collecting the required data and answering the research questions. The statistical analysis was performed with SPSS software. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between students' thinking styles and creativity. According to their correlation with creativity, the thirteen thinking styles were measured by Sternberg's thinking styles questionnaire are: legislative, democratic, oligarchic, Monarchy, inside, general, anarchy. The partial thinking style had a negative correlation with creativity. Generally, these thinking styles were significant predictor for creativity of students in the study population. However, there was no significant relationship between the executive, judicial, hierarchical, conservative, and exterior thinking styles and creativity of the students.
Keywords: creativity, thinking styles, high school students, Zanjan.
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