Creative thinking is a most important skill that students can gain and develop even during the early years of their lives and use them in many learning contexts in order to enrich their knowledge and other skills. Another important educational issue of students, which is directly associated with academic progress, is students' goal orientation. Orientation in educational situations shows a person's motivation to study and affects his tendencies, actions and responses in learning situations. Thus, this research investigates the foundations of creative thinking and goal orientation among students. The research is descriptive and analytical through library resources. Creative thinking and goal orientation in all human fields can appear for improvement and excellence, not only as an advantage in education but also as a necessity, firstly because the emergence of different trends at least includes alternative solutions for a problem. A characteristic of the learners in the new millennial generation is actually their multi-tasking functions, doing work quickly with low cost and energy, and gaining information in non-linear ways.
