The Prototype Elicitation Effect Of Problem Solving In Automotive Technology Innovation Scenarios

Innovation is the driving force in leading the development of an enterprise, which is the main body of technological innovation. And technological innovation is the key for an enterprise to achieve sustainable development. Strengthening the technological innovations plays a vital role in the revitalization and development of automobile enterprises, the improvement of market competitiveness, the transformation of operating modes, and the implementation of sustainable development strategy in the country. In the process of creative problem solving research, Zhang Qinglin and others have set up Problem Solving Experimental Material Library with Scientific Discovery based on the theory of prototype elicitation. Since the research candidates are all college students, it has a low ecological validity, making the simulation of actual creative problem solving process in the enterprise not real in the laboratory. In view of this issue, the research in this essay is focused on the automotive industry in real situations and compile problem solving experimental materials for automobile technology innovation. And this study is a further research in the prototype elicitation effect of problem solving in automotive technology innovation as well as a discussion on the influence of working experiences on the prototype elicitation effect.This study consists of three sub-studies:1. In preliminary study, a great number of real examples of technology innovation in the automotive industry have been collected through documents analysis and BEI interview. The experimental materials are compiled according to the STAR Principle. The effectiveness of the materials is verified through behaviorist experiments and expert evaluation method. In this study, the college students ate chosen as subjects. The independent variables are prototype learning condition and no-prototype learning condition, while the dependent variable is the accuracy rate of automobile technological problem solving. It has adopted the “One to One” “Learning-Test” model. In this research, 24 experimental materials have been compiled successfully, and it shows that the accuracy rate has a significant difference between the conditions of prototype learning and no-prototype learning, which has proved that the compiled problem solving materials can measure the prototype elicitation effect of problem solving in automotive technological innovation.2. In Study 1, the subjects have been changed to automotive technicians. The independent variables are still prototype learning condition and no-prototype learning condition, whilethe dependent variable is still the accuracy rate of automobile technological problem solving. It has also adopted the “One to One” “Learning-Test ” model. And this research has further proved that the accuracy rate of problem solving in automobile technological innovation is remarkably different under the condition of prototype learning and noprototype learning. In addition, it confirmed again the effectiveness of problem solving experimental materials. The efficiency indexes of each problem solving material of automobile technological innovation have been worked out, which are prototype elicitation extent and the difficulty level of the test.3. In Study 2, 7 more difficult materials and 7 easier materials are chosen from the experimental materials. The subjects are experienced automotive technicians and college students with no working experience. This research is aimed at discussing on the influence of working experience on the prototype elicitation in problem solving. The study has adopted “Seven to Seven” ”Learning-Test ”model, which is more in accordance with real situations. The independent variables are work experience and the difficulty level of the test, while the dependent variables are prototype activation rate and accuracy rate in solving problems. The research shows that, as to the prototype activation rate, the difficulty level has a major influence, the easier materials are significantly higher than the counterpart; while the work efficiency has a minor influence. The interaction between the difficulty level and work experience is not obvious. As to the accuracy rate of problem solving, the difficulty level has a major influence, the easier materials are significantly higher than the counterpart; and the work efficiency also has a major influence, the experienced technicians have far higher accuracy rate than the fresh college students. The interaction between the difficulty level and work experience is not obvious.The present study can be concluded that:1. A set of Problem Solving Experimental Materials for Automotive technological innovation has been successfully established, which has the objective indexes: difficulty level of the test and prototype elicitation extent. The compiled materials in the study can effectively measure the prototype elicitation of problem solving in automotive technological innovation, which can be the valid tools for problem solving in researching the automotive technological innovation.2. In the issue of problem solving of automotive technological innovation, each compiled experimental material has a significant difference, no matter whether there is prototype learning condition for the subjects or not. It has proved that the prototype helps the problem solving in automotive technological innovation, and there is prototype elicitation effect in the problem solving of automotive technological innovation.3. Based on the real simulation situation, the activation rate and accuracy rate of lowe r difficulty level task are both obviously higher than the counterpart. The accuracy rate of experienced automotive technicians are remarkably higher than the college students with no experience. But the activation rate between the two have no significant difference. It shows that work experience may not be good for the identification of key information in the prototype(Phase One), but it’s good for the connection between the key information in the prototype and in the task(Phase Two), which means that to some extent, work experience is good for the prototype elicitation effect in problem solving of the automotive technological innovation.