Developing preparatory school students' creative problem solving skills in post-reading using the symptoms, causes, outcomes, resources, effects (score) model

The purpose of the study was to develop preparatory school students? creative problem solving skills in post-reading using the SCORE Model. This study tested 4 lessons which taught students to define a problem from a given text and how to apply the SCORE, a creative problem solving model, to solve the stated problems. This study is based on the following research questions: 1. Are students able to use the SCORE Model as a post-reading activity? 1.1Are the materials provided effective in developing students? creative problem solving skills in post-reading? 1.2 To what extent are the activities effective in improving students? creative problem solving skills in real-life? In order to answer these questions, qualitative and quantitative data were gathered from two observers, preparatory class students and their instructors. The data were based on Video CD?s, interviews, and various feedback forms. Qualitative data were analyzed in qualitative tools such as classification and constant comparison. Quantitative data were analyzed in means and averages.