TY  - GEN
A1  - Gericke, Christian
A1  - Soemer, Alexander
A1  - Schiefele, Ulrich
T1  - Benefits of Mind Wandering for Learning in School Through Its Positive Effects on Creativity
T2  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - There is broad agreement among researchers to view mind wandering as an obstacle to learning because it draws attention away from learning tasks. Accordingly, empirical findings revealed negative correlations between the frequency of mind wandering during learning and various kinds of learning outcomes (e.g., text retention). However, a few studies have indicated positive effects of mind wandering on creativity in real-world learning environments. The present article reviews these studies and highlights potential benefits of mind wandering for learning mediated through creative processes. Furthermore, we propose various ways to promote useful mind wandering and, at the same time, minimize its negative impact on learning.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 835 
KW  - mind wandering
KW  - creativity
KW  - divergent thinking
KW  - incubation effect
KW  - school learning
KW  - creative problem solving
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-588731
SN  - 1866-8364
IS  - 835
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gericke, Christian
A1  - Soemer, Alexander
A1  - Schiefele, Ulrich
T1  - Benefits of Mind Wandering for Learning in School Through Its Positive Effects on Creativity
JF  - Frontiers in Education
N2  - There is broad agreement among researchers to view mind wandering as an obstacle to learning because it draws attention away from learning tasks. Accordingly, empirical findings revealed negative correlations between the frequency of mind wandering during learning and various kinds of learning outcomes (e.g., text retention). However, a few studies have indicated positive effects of mind wandering on creativity in real-world learning environments. The present article reviews these studies and highlights potential benefits of mind wandering for learning mediated through creative processes. Furthermore, we propose various ways to promote useful mind wandering and, at the same time, minimize its negative impact on learning.
KW  - mind wandering
KW  - creativity
KW  - divergent thinking
KW  - incubation effect
KW  - school learning
KW  - creative problem solving
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.774731
SN  - 2504-284X
VL  - 7
PB  - Frontiers Media SA
CY  - Lausanne, Schweiz
ER  - 
TY  - RPRT
A1  - Caliendo, Marco
A1  - Rodríguez Guio, Daniel Felipe
T1  - Divergent thinking and post-launch entrepreneurial outcomes
BT  - non-linearities and the moderating role of experience
T2  - CEPA Discussion Papers
N2  - Divergent thinking is the ability to produce numerous and diverse responses to questions or tasks, and it is used as a predictor of creative achievement. It plays a significant role in the business organization’s innovation process and the recognition of new business opportunities. Drawing upon the cumulative process model of creativity in entrepreneurship, we hypothesize that divergent thinking has a lasting effect on post-launch entrepreneurial outcomes related to innovation and growth, but that this relation might not always be linear. Additionally, we hypothesize that domain-specific experience has a moderating role in this relation. We test our hypotheses based on a representative longitudinal sample of 457 German business founders, which we observe up until 40 months after start-up. We find strong relative effects for innovation and growth outcomes. For survival we find conclusive evidence for non-linearities in the effects of divergent thinking. Additionally, we show that such effects are moderated by the type of domain-specific experience that entrepreneurs gathered pre-launch, as it shapes the individual’s ideational abilities to fit into more sophisticated strategies regarding entrepreneurial creative achievement. Our findings have relevant policy implications in characterizing and identifying business start-ups with growth and innovation potential, allowing a more efficient allocation of public and private funds.
T3  - CEPA Discussion Papers - 68 
KW  - divergent thinking
KW  - entrepreneurial performance
KW  - survival
KW  - business expansion
KW  - innovation
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-607408
SN  - 2628-653X
IS  - 68
ER  -