investigating the effect of media literacy on creativity skills, critical thinking and problem-solving in sixth-grade students

Purpose: the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of media literacy on creativity, critical thinking and problem solving skills of sixth grade students. methodology: the statistical population of the present study was the sixth grade students of non-profit schools in tehran, whose number was approximately equal to 9058 people, of whom 369 people were selected as a sample based on cochran's formula and according to the class sampling rule. 206 girls (from a population of 5056 people) and 163 boys (from a population of 4002 people) are selected. data collection tool was a standard questionnaire. the simon (2017) questionnaire was used to measure media literacy, the harris (2016) questionnaire was used to measure creativity, the sarigoz (2012) questionnaire was used to measure critical thinking, and the sirait (2017) questionnaire was used to measure problem-solving skills. data analysis method is structural equation technique and data analysis tool is lisrel and spss software. findings: the results showed that media literacy affects the development of creativity, critical thinking and problem solving skills and these effects are not significantly different between girls and boys. also, the mediating role of critical thinking in the effect of media literacy on creativity and the mediating role of creativity in the effect of media literacy on problem solving skills in the boys group is stronger than the girls group. (p <0.05). conclusion: therefore, it can be concluded that media literacy has a significant effect on students' creative skills, critical thinking and problem solving.