The action research releated synectic technique in science education

The purpose of this research is to contribute to the growth of creative thinking abilities in students by utilizing syntectic technique, which is one of the strategies to enhance creative thinking. For this purpose, syntectic practices were applied in a classroom to be able to foster students? creative thinking abilities.The application phase of this research was accomplished during 2009-2010 academic year in a 7th grade science and technology education class through the second unit: ?force and motion?. The participants were 43 seventh grade students in a public school in Bagcilar-Istanbul in Turkey. Primary data sources were observations and document analysis, and secondary data sources were the records from the interviews conducted with students. In addition to those, quantitative data were gathered from the projects students created. Data analysis included the processing and coding of the data, and content analysis and interpretation of the primary data.Data analysis indicated that in the end of the research process students were able to see new particularities about the concepts they studied that they did not realize in the beginning of the study. Second, results indicated that students went beyond a cursory look at the objects and began to analyze the objects deeply and efficiently in the end of the study. Finally, the results demonstrated that not only the number of the solutions students created for problem situations in their project increased, but also students were able to produce solutions that are of higher quality and are more applicable through the use of synectic technique.