Examination of the relationship between learning styles and creativity of the 7th grade students

General purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between creative learning skills and learning styles of the 7th grade students. The survey has been done through the relational pattern model. The 7th grade students in the centre of Adana compose the infinite of this survey. By using irrational set sampling method, 141 state school students have been specified. In the survey, Torrance tests of creative thinking and Kolb's inventory about learning styles have been used for data acquisition. Besides, by making the 7th grade students fill a personal information form, their personal informations have been taken into consideration. After Torrance tests of creative thinking, Kolb's inventory about learning styles and personal information form, the data has been transferred to the computer and analyzed using SPSS 25 programme. In the survey, Kay-Kare and Anova analysises have been handled as well as the arithmetic mean and standard deviation. The outcome of the research findings can be sum up like this: • Participants' maximum point of arithmetic mean, the level of fluency, flexibility and authenticity, is the level of flexibility. The level of fluency has the minimum average. After all, it has been seen that the levels of fluency, flexibility and authenticity are very close to each other. • It has been respectively specified that the students mostly have assimilator learning style, secondly divergent learning style, next converger learning style and lastly accommodator learning style. It has been seen that the percentages of the assimilator and the divergent learning styles are very close to each other and they are the mostly used learning styles. After these styles, coverger learning style is preferred and the preferred style is the accommodator learning style. • It has been seen that the creativity levels of the students who have converger learning style are higher than the creativity levels of the students who have divergent learning style According to the outcome of the surver, most of the students have assimilator learning style. The students having assimilator learning style can concentrate on activities and studies orinted to develop this learning syle, because they prefer tangible and active life styles less. Fort he differences of the creativity levels of the students having divergent and converger learning styles, more detailed and extensive studies can be followed. Key Words: Secondary school teaching, creative thinking, learning styles.