“全国中小学电脑制作活动”为广大中小学生搭建了一个探索、创新的平台,教师可在程序设计活动中培养学生的创造性思维。本文通过分析程序设计和创造性思维的过程,提出了程序设计有利于培养学生的创造性思维,并结合创造性思维的几个要素,介绍了程序设计活动中培养学生的创造性思维的方法,最后以实例说明了创造性思维可以优化程序设计。 “National primary and secondary computer production activities ” for the majority of primary and secondary students to build a platform for exploration, innovation, teachers in programming activities to cultivate students’ creative thinking. By analyzing the process of program design and creative thinking, this paper puts forward that program design is good for cultivating students ’creative thinking, combining with several elements of creative thinking, introduces the method of cultivating students’ creative thinking in programming activities. Finally, Creative thinking can optimize programming.