Creative and Critical Thinking in the Context of Problem Finding and Problem Solving: A Research Among Students in Primary School

In the present research we are studying (on a sample of 153 students 6th grade) the relationship between the two forms of thinking: critical and creative, in the context of problem finding and problem solving situations. Our hypothesis is that when there is a change in the context of study (problem solving- problem finding), then the students ’ creative and critical way of thinking is differentiated, but these differentiations are not independent (statistically) between them. The results of this research reinforce those educational methods where thinking is cultivated holistically and is measured in terms of expression during particular learning experiences and not in terms of constant capacities.