Abstract:  The cultivation of innovative thinking has always been the focus and difficulty of education. The article starts from introduction about the format of IYPT.On the basis of the analysis of the YPT evaluation model and its characteristics，we investigate on the practice of cultivating students’innovative thinking combined with the author’s work experience in CUPT and JSYPT.Taking the analysis of“magnetic braking”competition in the JSYPT finals in 2014 as an example， the practical strategies of YPT evaluation model for cultivating students’ nnovative thinking are discussed.

Key words: IYPT, YPT evaluation mode, innovative thinking, practice strategy