MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING ABILITY AS A PREDICTOR OF MATHEMATICAL CREATIVITY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

The study is attempted to find the predictive ability of the Mathematical Problem-Solving Ability on Mathematical Creativity among Secondary School Students. 280 secondary school students were selected as the sample of the study. Test of Problem-Solving Ability in Mathematics by Sumangala and Rinsa (2008) and Mathematical Creativity Test by Vijayakumari and Midhundas, (2017) were used as tool for data collection. Results of the study reveals that that there exists a significant positive relationship between Mathematical Problem-Solving Ability and Mathematical Creativity for total sample and relevant subsamples and Mathematical Problem-Solving Ability is significant predictor of Mathematical Creativity of secondary school students.