Role of Thinking Programs in Promoting Creative Writing among Secondary Students

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Mansoura University, Egypt

Abstract

Objective:
This study aims to explore the role of thinking programs in promoting creative writing skills among secondary school students. Researcher employed a descriptive-analytical approach and used a questionnaire as the primary data collection tool. The study population consisted of secondary school students with a sample size of (420) students. Researcher utilized the SPSS software for data analysis.
The study yielded several key results, including:

There is a significant correlation between the study variables, thinking programs, and promotion of creative writing among secondary school students.
There is a significant meaningful effect of thinking programs on promotion creative writing among secondary school students.

The study provides recommendations, including:

Encouraging schools to offer training courses using thinking programs for secondary school students.
Extending the application of this study to other Arab countries.

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