An Empirical Case Study of Project-based Innovation Practice for Undergraduate Students

Abstract

Student innovation projects are much favored by students who have innovation interests and abilities in China. This article proposes a research-oriented support model which focuses on: the importance of cooperation in college students' innovation practice, developing work packages, time lines and milestones, producing on-going record-based process control mechanisms, and improving problem solving skills. Through an experimental design, a test group was developed to trial the new innovation process model, whilst a control group used the traditional innovation project support process. This paper reviews the experiment and provides recommendations and effective methods for the smooth progress of undergraduate innovation projects on the basis of research and innovative ability training.