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title: PISA 2022 - Creative Thinking
url: "https://www.zib.education/en/pisa-2022-creative-thinking/"
description: PISA 2022 shows that creative thinking is linked to mathematics, reading and science. 78 per cent have the skills they need for later life.
date: 2025-11-14
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# PISA 2022 - Creative Thinking

18.06.2024- Aktuelles
- PISA 2022
- Publikation

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  PISA 2022 - Creative Thinking
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Authors:
[Jennifer Diedrich](https://www.zib.education/en/team/dr-jennifer-diedrich/), Sabine Patzl, Pia Todtenhöfer, Doris Lewalter

    ![](https://www.zib.education/_assets/processed/dqE1P71hUoYD01JTyOsGa8HOOuYw1EAusBJwZrlr0CY/q:85/w:433/h:612/fn:Y3NtX1BJU0EyMDIyX0tyZWF0aXZlc0Rlbmtlbl9UaWx0ZWxzZWl0ZV8xOGQzNDEyZGU5:t/cb:c1f46ab58c782b419112218197cb43a62eba41cc/bG9jYWw6L2ZpbGVhZG1pbi9CaWxkZXIvUHVibGlrYXRpb25lbi9QSVNBMjAyMl9LcmVhdGl2ZXNEZW5rZW5fVGlsdGVsc2VpdGUucG5n) Young people in Germany are just as capable of creative thinking as the average 15-year-old in OECD member states. This is another finding of the 2022 PISA survey. Data shows that the ability to think creatively is closely linked to core competencies in mathematics, reading and science. 78 per cent of young people possess at least the prerequisites which they need to be able to think creatively enough in their future careers.

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