The performance and impact of applying lotus blossom technique in teaching on creative problem solving

The purpose of this study was to explore the college students as subjects in an experiment with the lotus blossom technique in teaching in terms of the students' potentiality of creative problem solving and performance of creative problem solving competency after creative works were accomplished. The creative problem solving competences were analyzed by means of Potentiality Questionnaire for Creative Problem Solving (PQCPS), Creative Solution Diagnosis Scale (CSDS), and the cases of creative works were used as instruments. Finally, the findings and suggestions should be proposed.