Investigating Secondary School Students’ Views about Original Thinking Regarding Several Variables: An Example from Kars

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to examine the secondary 5th-, 6th-, and 7th-grade students' views on
original thinking in the dimensions of flexibility, originality, elaboration, and fluency. The study group of this descriptive
study that was handled in the form of a survey model consisted of 540 students attending fifth, sixth and seventh grades, in
the central district of Kars, during the 2012-2013 school-year, second semester. After eliminating the missing data, the study
group consisted totally of 314 students. Original thinking questionnaire was used to collect qualitative data. As a result of the
original thinking research, secondary school students received the highest score from the sub-dimension of fluency. However,
depending on these findings, it has been found that, according to grade level, fifth-grade students, and according to gender
variable, female students can think more originally