Improving Self-efficacy in Solving Inventive Problems with TRIZ

摘要: The chapter presents the evaluation of Self-Efficacy changes within a sample students, between beginning and end course on systematic innovation held at Politecnico di Milano. More specifically, study aims to show how TRIZ OTSM-TRIZ (Russian acronyms of, respectively, Theory Inventive Problem Solving General Powerful Thinking) methods tools, which have been taught innovation, can improve students’ in solving Problems . improvement problem skills, or least rise their related Self-efficacy, is considered crucial aspect for facing challenging uncomfortable situations. These situations involve learning new concepts creative application knowledge, appropriately dealing with unexpected has carried out through personalized set sentences participants were asked answer by using 4-level scale that expressed degree agreement disagreement. statistical analysis highlighted its content provided significant contribution towards overall Self-Efficacy. Moreover, second sentences, assess attitude main characteristics instruments solving, shown students tend both refuse traditional trade-off solutions start thinking way. This involves taking into account aspects facets they did not usually consider before introduction concepts.