The development of creative thinking must be considered as a necessity in pedagogical practice in every educational system. The objective of this article was to present some concepts and strategies that are being developed in the classrooms. The methodology used was the experimental documentary technique. In addition, a search was done for articles of a scientific nature, published in various reliable databases. Concluding that, creative thinking is a capacity that the person must possess in the 21st century. Therefore, every student must develop it to produce innovative ideas that allow them to solve problematic situations.

The objective was to design a model of autonomous learning strategies aimed at developing critical and creative thinking in primary school students of Educational Institution No. 11239 Las Dunas Lambayeque - Peru. The research was of a primary propositional type, in which 58 students participated, who were administered a test on the development of critical and creative thinking. The instruments were validated by experts who agreed with a reliability coefficient of 0.80. The results regarding the level of development of critical and creative thinking indicate that 60.3% of the total are at the average level for critical thinking, and 65.5% are also at the intermediate level concerning creative thinking, which allows determining that the students participating in the research need to develop higher-order skills in different situations to make decisions and solve problems of daily life.