The Level of Middle School Students in Kuwait Possessing Creative Thinking Skills and Its Relationship to Their Achievement Motivation: A Field Study

Document Type : Original Article

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PhD in Education, Department of Fundamentals of Education, Faculty of Education in Qena. South Valley University

Abstract

The study aimed to show the level of possession of creative thinking skills by middle school students in Kuwait and its relationship to their achievement motivation. school district/classroom), The study resulted in the following: There is a direct statistically significant relationship at the level (0,05 ≥α) between creative thinking (total score - dimensions) and achievement motivation (total score) among the study sample students, there is a positive effect of creative thinking skills on achievement motivation among students. Middle school students sample of the study, there are no differences between the average scores of middle school students according to the variables (gender - region) in creative thinking and achievement motivation, while there are differences between the mean scores of middle school students according to the variable (classroom) in creative thinking and achievement motivation in favor of the class The third compared to the first and second rows.

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