شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

Mathematics is one of the most important subjects in an era where most of its aspects depend on mathematics and its branches of sciences. This paper briefly reviews some of the literature that addressed the development of creative thinking in mathematics among students in general and Saudi students in particular, and then recommendations for research and future studies that discuss the development of creative thinking among students in Saudi Arabia are presented. The paper also addresses teacher's main role in the development of creative thinking skills and briefly addresses the most important findings of the studies conducted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia related to the development of creative thinking among students in mathematics. In the light of the literary review, this paper offers recommendations regarding the development of creative thinking among the Saudi students in the field of mathematics in the hope of expanding this subject in the future and giving it the appropriate study to obtain results and recommendations that contribute in the development of creative thinking among students in general and in mathematics in particular. (Published abstract)