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Lammi, Matthew D.; Wells, John G.; Gero, John – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2022
This paper presents the results of a 2-year longitudinal study aimed at characterizing and comparing the design cognition of high school students with and without formal engineering design experiences. The students--working as dyads--engaged in design-only sessions generating solutions in response to the same engineering design challenges. The…
Descriptors: High School Students, Engineering, Design, Cognitive Processes
Andrew Jackson – Journal of Technology Education, 2025
The design process is full of judgment, especially around successes and failures that occur through each iteration. Decisions about how to proceed when ideas do not work can be especially challenging for beginning designers. Yet, experts are able to demonstrate more natural regulation of the process. This research focused on the experiences of…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Protocol Analysis, Introductory Courses
Wells, John; Lammi, Matthew; Gero, John; Grubbs, Michael E.; Paretti, Marie; Williams, Christopher – Journal of Technology Education, 2016
Reported in this article are initial results from of a longitudinal study to characterize the design cognition and cognitive design styles of high school students with and without pre-engineering course experience over a 2-year period, and to compare them with undergraduate engineering students. The research followed a verbal protocol analysis…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, High School Students, Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students
Mentzer, Nathan – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2012
The objective of this research was to explore design thinking among teams of high school students. This objective is encompassed in the research question driving this inquiry: How do teams of high school students allocate time across stages of design? Design thinking on the professional level typically occurs in a team environment. Many…
Descriptors: High School Students, Engineering, Design, Cognitive Processes
Mentzer, Nathan – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2011
The objective of this research was to explore the relationship between information access and design solution quality of high school students presented with an engineering design problem. This objective is encompassed in the research question driving this inquiry: How does information access impact the design process? This question has emerged in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Engineering, Design, Technology Education
Kelley, Todd R. – Journal of Technology Education, 2008
Since the publication of the Standards for Technological Literacy in 2000 (ITEA), there have been a number of new programs developed that are designed to teach pre-engineering. Project Lead the Way (PLTW) is one such program. Project Lead the Way boasts serving over 1250 schools in 44 states and teaching over 160,000 students. Another program is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Technological Literacy, Technology Education, Problem Solving
Kelley, Todd; Brenner, Daniel C.; Pieper, Jon T. – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2010
A comparative study was conducted to compare two approaches to engineering design curriculum between different schools (inter-school) and between two curricular approaches, "Project Lead the Way" (PLTW) and "Engineering Projects in Community Service" (EPIC High) (inter-curricular). The researchers collected curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Protocol Analysis, Surveys, Engineering
Kelley, Todd R.; Hill, Roger B. – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to better understand cognitive strategies used by high school technology education students who have participated in technology education instruction with an engineering design focus. Specifically, this study evaluated the cognitive strategies of students participating in "Project Lead the Way" curriculum…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Educational Technology, Engineering