The aim of this study is to investigate the imagery and creativity of the 7th grade students using guided discovery method. The research group was made 77 (age=12.7922+0.52158) 7th grade students, 37 females and 40 males studying in Imam Hatip Secondary School, Konya province, EreÄŸli county. To achieve the purpose of the research, adaptation-innovation inventory creativity scale and sport imagery questionnaire scale were used for data collection. Experimental design consisting of pre-test and post-test was used in the research during the research. Students were given experimental work for 10 weeks. In the analysis and assessment of the data, Kolmogorov Smirnov test, paried samples t test and two Way Anova for mixed measures test, were used and significance was taken as p<0.05. For the evaluation of the data and the determination of the calculated values, SPSS package program was used. As a result of this study; there was a significant difference between level for imagery and creativity of the 7th grade students in favor of the post-test according to the guided discovery method. It was found that the level of imagination and creativity of secondary school students participating in the experimental study showed a significant difference after the experiment; that is, in different treatment groups the repeated effects of the factors of repeated measures on imagination and creativity were meaningful.

 

Key words: Guided discovery, creativity, imagery.