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Complex thinking as an enabler of scientific entrepreneurship: self-assessment from higher education in Guatemala

Abstract:

This study analyzes the self-assessment of complex thinking focused on the development of scientific entrepreneurship skills in students from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala, who participated in the extracurricular workshop Scientific Entrepreneurship with a Vision for the Future. This program specializes in strengthening competencies for prototyping and communicating entrepreneurship projects using an educational platform. The intervention involved 127 university students and was structured into four methodological stages: identify, ideate, invent, and inform. To evaluate the self-assessment of their skills, the ecomplexCE questionnaire with a Likert scale was used, specifically designed and validated to measure scientific, critical, systemic, and innovative thinking. This instrument was applied before and after the workshop. The results showed an improvement in the perception of entrepreneurial skills between the pretest and posttest, although the differences were not statistically significant. It is concluded that the development of complex thinking competencies can enhance scientific entrepreneurship and that the design of educational experiences, supported by learning platforms, can positively influence students' self-assessment of their entrepreneurial skills.