The effect of an enrichment program to develop innovative thinking skills among the talented female students of preparatory stage and its permanence after implementation

Abstract

The study aimed to verify the effectiveness of the program enrichment in the development of creative thinking skills to talented students in middle school of Tabuk city, Saudi Arabia and continuity after the application of the program, study sample consisted of (30 students) from middle school and divided the students into two groups, the first group (15 student) experimental sample, the second group (15 student) control sample, there ages (12-15) years, included the tools of the study: Measure Stanford - Binet intelligence” Fourth Image”, The scale of the skills of innovative thinking to Torrance, The program enrichment for the development of skills.The main results of the study showed the following:• There are no statistically significant differences between the average grade of the control group before and after the implementation of the program on a scale skills, innovative thinking of the intermediate stage.• There are effectiveness of the program in the development of innovative thinking in students, beyond the follow-up period where results revealed that there is no a statistically significant difference, between the average times measurements posttest and after follow-up, the experimental group on a scale Torrance to think about innovation, which confirms the continuity of the effectiveness of the treatment program until after the follow-up period, suggesting continued after the survival of learning in students of middle school.In the light of the results, the researcher suggested some recommendations.Keywords: Enrichment Program-Creative Thinking- Talented Student.