A mindtool-based collaborative learning approach to enhancing students' innovative performance in management courses

doi:10.14742/AJET.163

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A mindtool-based collaborative learning approach to enhancing students' innovative performance in management courses

Published Feb 28, 2013 · C. Wu, Gwo-jen Hwang, F. Kuo

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

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Abstract

Educators have indicated that creative teaching is the most important educational activity; nevertheless, most existing education systems fail to engage students in effective creative tasks. To address this issue, this study proposes a mind map based collaborative learning approach for supporting creative learning activities and enhancing students' innovative performance. An experiment has been conducted on a university management course to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method. The experimental results show that the proposed approach significantly enhanced the students' innovative performance in a project-based learning task. Such a finding not only provides evidence of the cultivability of innovative thinking, but also good references for those researchers who are interested in conducting creative learning activities.

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Mind map-based collaborative learning significantly enhances students' innovative performance in project-based learning tasks in management courses.

PopulationOlder adults (50-71 years)

Sample size24

MethodsObservational

OutcomesBody Mass Index projections

ResultsSocial networks mitigate obesity in older groups.

A mindtool-based collaborative learning approach to enhancing students' innovative performance in management courses

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