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This study was carried out in order to examine the effects of inquiry based learning approach on creative thinking levels and scientific process skills of preservice science teachers. It was applied in the 3rd grade teaching technologies and material design course in the Department of Science Education of a state university in Turkey in the 2013-2014 academic year. In this research lasting for 12 weeks, the study group consisted of 92 students in total. While 45 students constituted the experimental group, 45 students constituted the control group. Semiexperimental pattern with experimental and control groups was used in the research. Torrance Creative Thinking Test and Scientific Process Skill Test were used as data collection tool. t-Test for Independent Groups and t-Test for Dependent Groups were used in the analysis of the data. At the end of the analyses, it was concluded that inquiry based learning approach does not have impact on creative thinking levels but has a positive impact on the scientific process skills.

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