The extent to which teachers use creative thinking skills in teaching mathematics to students of the second part of the basic education stage from their point of view in the city of Benghazi

Abstract

The current study aimed to identify the extent to which teachers use creative thinking skills in teaching mathematics to students of the second part of the basic education stage from their point of view in the city of Benghazi. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researchers used the descriptive and analytical method, and the study tool consisted of a questionnaire after verifying its reliability and stability by showing it to a number of arbitrators, which consisted of (48) paragraphs, where each questionnaire was divided into five axes, namely: Using the skill of fluency, using the skill of flexibility, using the skill of originality, using the skill of elaboration, using the skill of sensitivity to issues, and the study population was made up of all mathematics teachers of the second part of the basic education stage in Benghazi city, numbering (421) male and female teachers, and the study sample was randomly selected from them (130) male and female teachers. One of the most important findings of the study was that the most used creative skills among teachers is the fluency skill with a very high degree with an arithmetic mean of (4.48), followed by the skill of sensitivity to issues with a very high degree with an arithmetic mean of (4.44), while the third rank was the skill of flexibility with a very high degree with an arithmetic mean of (4.36), the skill of elaboration came fourth with an average of (4.29) and the lowest skill was the skill of originality with an average of (4.26) in addition, there were no statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05 =a)  between the averages of teachers' opinions on the study themes due to the variables of gender, scientific qualification, specialization, educational qualification and professional experience. The study recommended urging teachers to use creative thinking skills in teaching mathematics, and holding training courses for teachers of mathematics to enhance the degree of their possession of teaching strategies using creative thinking skills, improve their level of asking creative questions, and develop their skills continuously, especially the skill of flexibility.