The purpose of the study was to identify the influence of inventive thinking and mentoring toward students’ achievement in science project competition. TRIZ and the 21st Century Learning Skills models were used as the underpinning theories in this study. A survey method was used in this study. The instruments consisted of two sets of questionnaires, open-ended items, and an interview protocol. The qualitative data collected from the interview were used for triangulation purpose. The samples of this study were 250 students and 81 mentors were selected using stratified random sampling from ten different sites in Indonesia. The results of the questionnaire showed that both the students and the mentors believed that curiosity (M = 4.38; SD = 0.41) and adaptability (M = 4.31; SD = 0.42) were the major elements, and enterprising was the minor element of inventive thinking. The students rated supervision (M = 4.49; SD = 0.41) and coaching (M = 4.46; SD = 0.40) as high priority, a.....

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