Die ontwikkeling en evaluering van 'n kreatieweprobleemoplossingsprogram vir adolessente

The aim of the research was the development and evaluation of a programme which will enhance creative thinking under adolescents. Psychofortology was used as a theoretical framework. In psychofortology the development of healthy psychological function is stressed and thereby psychological wellness is enhanced. The ability to think creatively can be acquired by learning. Because of the nature of cognitive, emotional, social and psycho-social development during adolescence, adolescence is a critical period in life wherein creative thinking can be developed. In South Africa difficult demands in every circumstance of life are set to adolescents. Creative problemsolving thinking can be used within the psychofortology framework to solve many dominant problems. It gives the adolescent more control over his/her life and this enhances psychological wellness. An extensive literary survey was used in the compilation of the programme, while the theoretical assumptions of creative thinking by different researchers was integrated into a unit in the compilation of the different modules. In the experimental design the Solomon four-group design was used. The target population was adolescents in Grade XI and XII in Academical Secondary Schools in Middelburg who speak Afrikaans. The figurative testform of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT) was used to determine the ability of creative problemsolving. The results show that in both experimental groups a meaningful improvement in the ability of creative thinking occurred (originality, abstractness of titles, expansion, as well as resistance to closure). Only in the achievement on the fluency scale were there no meaningful changes. The programme evaluation by the adolescents shows that they experienced the programme in a very positive way. The research has thus shown that creative problem-solving by adolescents can be developed by means of a computer programme.