The effect of environmental cues and motivation on creative idea generation

Gu, Chuanhua; Han, Mei; Chun, Li; Bie, Zhi; Tan, Ying; Xue, Yukang; Xl, Ma

doi:10.1111/caim.12403

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“…A between-subjects design was used in this study. The participants were randomly assigned to groups of four according to the existing group size research, referring to small-group problem solving (Gu et al, 2020). Although the participants were told that they would perform the task in fours with a teacher, they participated in the experiment collaborating with an experimental assistant who masqueraded as a teacher and all the information of the pretend teacher presented in the group was preprogrammed.…”

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Teacher's Emotional Display Affects Students' Perceptions of Teacher's Competence, Feelings, and Productivity in Online Small-Group Discussions

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Teacher's emotions have been shown to be highly important in the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning. There is a recognized need to examine the essential role of teacher's emotions in students' academic achievement. However, the influence of teacher's displays of emotions on students' outcomes in small-group interaction activities, especially in the online environment, has received little attention in prior research. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between teacher's different emotional displays and students' perceptions of the teacher's competence, as well as students' collaborative feelings and productivity in online small-group discussions. Using a three-level between-subjects design, 74 participants were randomly divided into four-member groups comprising a teacher and three other participants. All the groups were asked to discuss an open-ended realistic problem using online software, during which the teacher's display of emotions varied (positive vs. negative vs. neutral). The participants' self-reported questionnaire data (perception of the teacher's competence, students' feeling of pleasure, collaborative satisfaction, and willingness to continue collaborating) and productivity (number of effective ideas expressed within a given time) were measured to compare the participants who were exposed to different emotional displays. As expected, the results showed that the participants who received the teacher's positive emotional display reported that they experienced higher levels of pleasure during the task. However, in contrast to our expectations, those under the negative emotional display condition showed a significantly higher level of productivity in the group task. In addition, compared to emotional display, the participants' perceptions of the teacher's competence were rated significantly higher under the neutral condition, and they reported higher levels of collaborative satisfaction and greater willingness to continue collaborating with their group. The findings have the potential benefit of informing educational practice on whether teachers should display their emotions in a small-group discussion or how they should display emotions following adjustment for the relative aim of the teaching activities.

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“…It is vivid, specific, intuitive, and easy to understand. Focusing on a practical problem that needs to be solved, students can be “immersive” through various cases to find ideas and solutions to deal with the problems, to train students’ creative idea generation and creativity to deal with various emergent problems ( Gu et al, 2020 ). However, it’s difficult to find suitable cases for teaching points.…”

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Comparative Study on Online and Offline Teaching for Creative Idea Generation

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“…However, due to widespread use of information and communication technologies, online creative ideas generation or electronic brainstorming (EBS) has emerged as a new form of ideas generation (Kay, 1995 ). Through online creative ideas generation, members can interact and exchange ideas through computer technologies, which allows for a level of anonymity that cannot be achieved in a face-to-face context (Kay, 1995 ; Gu et al, 2020 ). As a result of this new form of ideas generation, researchers are encouraged to examine the technologies adopted as well as the interactions between virtual members and between members and virtual platforms.…”

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Evaluating the individual, situational, and technological drivers for creative ideas generation in virtual communities: A systematic literature review

2022

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The setting in which people generate ideas and work collaboratively to solve problems is gradually shifting from traditional face-to-face communities to virtual communities. Virtual communities are, therefore, becoming a new source of creative ideas. Nevertheless, online creativity is not without challenges. The main obstacle seems to be a lack of active engagement from participants within these virtual communities, resulting in a low quality and quantity of creative content when compared to traditional methods of creation. Research suggests that successfully generating creative ideas online involves sustained, active engagement among collaborators. A number of studies have investigated various factors related to the generation of creative ideas within virtual communities. However, a comprehensive understanding of contributing factors remains elusive. This study examines past research on the factors that drive creative ideas generation in online creative communities through a systematic literature review. The study seeks to analyze research findings over the past decade and provide an overview of the main driving factors, research areas, research trends, and implications for future research. Web of Science and Scopus were used to identify relevant articles, while Google Scholar was used to minimize the risk of missing any valuable data related to the aim of this study. The results provide an overview of the studies examining creative ideas generation within virtual communities. By approaching the subject matter from three primary perspectives (individual, situational, and technological), this paper identifies influencing factors associated with the successful generation of creative ideas online. The results of the paper also provide an overview of the research methods and guiding theories adopted by current researchers. The paper concludes with research trends and recommendations for future research.

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The effect of environmental cues and motivation on creative idea generation

Cited by 9 publications

References 75 publications

Teacher's Emotional Display Affects Students' Perceptions of Teacher's Competence, Feelings, and Productivity in Online Small-Group Discussions

Teacher's Emotional Display Affects Students' Perceptions of Teacher's Competence, Feelings, and Productivity in Online Small-Group Discussions

Comparative Study on Online and Offline Teaching for Creative Idea Generation

Evaluating the individual, situational, and technological drivers for creative ideas generation in virtual communities: A systematic literature review

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