The effects of teaching circle subject with geogebra software on creative thinking skills of 7th grade students

The purpose of the study is to explore the effects of the Software GeoGebra on 7th grade students' skills of the creative thinking. In the frame of this fundamental purpose, subject of circule were thought by software GeoGebra in the 5 weeks and the effects of this software on creative thinking skills was analyzed. The sample of this research consists of 18 students studying at 7th grade of Bayburt Boarding School in 2015-2016 academic year. This study, consisting of one group pre-test post-test weak experimental research design, quantitativite method is used. Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) Verbal-Figural Form-A is used as data collection tools. In evaluating the results obtained; paired samples t test for significant difference between pre-test and post-test scores obtained from TTCT by the way of using SPSS package pogram, one way analysisof varience was additionally performed, paired samples t test for sub-dimensions indicating TTCT normal distribution,Wilcoxon marked sequences test for sub-dimensions that does not indicate normal distribution are performend. The obtained data is provided with table. According to the findings obtained from the research,it is seen that Software of GeoGebra positively affected creative thinking skills. When the analysis of TTCT Verbal-Figural Form-A applied as pre-test and post-test in the begining and the end of the application is taken into consideration, it is determined that there is a significant difference in favor of post-test. Also; while there is no significant difference between pre-test and post-test for sub-dimensions of flexibility, the significant difference is determined for the rest of all sub-dimensions in the TTCT Verbal Form-A. In the TTCT Figural Form-A, while there is no significant difference between pre-test and post-test for sub-dimensions of abstraction of titles,enrichment, resistance to early closure, story telling,synthesis of incomplete lines,the significant difference is determined for the rest of all sub-dimensions in favor of post-test.