The ability to think flexibly has become increasingly important for success in work, life, and learning in the 21 st century. Flexible thinking enables students to overcome thinking fixedness and generate creative ideas and helps students to apply what they learned when faced with unknown or unfamiliar challenges. However, there has been a lack of effective and engaging teaching methods designed for teachers to facilitate students’ thinking flexibility (Middleton, 2015). This study explored an innovative method based on the activity of magic performance with the aim of facilitating flexible thinking in an interactive and engaging way. An in-depth exploration of students’ experience in this activity revealed how magic performance as a unique schema disruption stimulus influences students’ flexible thinking. The results suggested three aspects of such influence: 1) Magic primes a childlike mindset in students and encourages them to use their imaginations, 2) The curiosity toward the secret of magic drives students to develop a flexible mindset, 3) The principles of magic promote flexible thinking transfer. The results may help creativity scholars understand why magic can be used to facilitate flexible thinking. The outcome may also help teachers form a deep understanding of how magic performance can be used to facilitate students’ flexible thinking in class.

灵活思考的能力对于21世纪工作，生活和学习的成功变得越来越重要。灵活的思维使学生能够克服思维定性并产生创意，并帮助他们在遇到未知或不熟悉的挑战时运用所学知识。但是，一直缺乏有效且引人入胜的教学方法来设计教师，以促进学生的思维灵活性（Middleton，2015年）。这项研究探索了一种基于魔术表演活动的创新方法，旨在以互动和引人入胜的方式促进灵活的思维。对学生在此活动中的经历的深入探索表明，魔术表演作为一种独特的模式破坏刺激如何影响学生的灵活思维。研究结果表明了这种影响力的三个方面：1）魔术激发了孩子们的童心态，并鼓励他们发挥想象力； 2）对魔术秘密的好奇心驱使学生养成灵活的心态； 3）魔术原理得到促进灵活的思维转移。这些结果可能有助于创造力的学者了解为什么可以使用魔术来促进灵活的思维。结果还可以帮助教师对魔术表演如何用于促进学生在课堂上灵活思考的深度理解。这些结果可能有助于创造力的学者了解为什么可以使用魔术来促进灵活的思维。结果还可以帮助教师对魔术表演如何用于促进学生在课堂上灵活思考的深度理解。这些结果可能有助于创造力的学者了解为什么可以使用魔术来促进灵活的思维。结果还可以帮助教师对魔术表演如何用于促进学生在课堂上灵活思考的深度理解。