Witten Expression and its Relationship to Creative Thinking among Gifted Students at Primary Stage

Abstract

The research aims to examine the relationship between written expression and creative thinking among gifted students at the primary stage. To achieve this, the researcher developed a list of written expression skills suitable for gifted students. The researcher used the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking—Verbal Form (A). The descriptive-analytical approach was adopted. A sample of 43 gifted students from seven schools under the Giftedness and Creativity Department in the Bisha Education Administration was employed. The results revealed a statistically significant positive correlation between the gifted students’ scores in written expression and their creative thinking as measured by Torrance Verbal Form (A). Positive relationships were observed in the skills of content and purport, language and style, and structure and organization, with correlation coefficients of 0.433, 0.455, and 0.456, respectively. Furthermore, the results indicated a strong positive relationship between written expression skills and the overall creative thinking measured by the Torrance Verbal Form (A). Significant correlations were found at the (0.001) level for the variables of fluency (0.625), flexibility (0.618), originality (0.545), and an overall correlation coefficient of (0.783). Based on these findings, the research recommended supporting specialized research to explore the relationship between creative written expressions and reading comprehension skills among students. It also emphasized the inclusion of appropriate strategies for teaching special groups in Arabic language teacher preparation programs.