Journal article
Characterizing Design Learning: A Mixed-Methods Study of Engineering Designers' Use of Language
Journal of engineering education (Washington, D.C.), Vol.97(3), pp.309-326
07/2008
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2008.tb00981.x
Abstract
Using multiple quantitative and qualitative methods to examine engineering design learning, we found that students taking a course in engineering design and/or studying engineering for four years acquired engineering design language that is common to a larger community of practice as well as common to their own programs and institutions of higher learning. The study also suggests that engineering design language shapes the knowledge that students have about engineering design. Finally, students did not always put their design knowledge into practice, suggesting the need for educational improvements and research to bridge this gap.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Characterizing Design Learning: A Mixed-Methods Study of Engineering Designers' Use of Language
- Creators
- Cynthia J. Atman - University of WashingtonDeborah Kilgore - University of WashingtonAnn McKenna - Science North
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of engineering education (Washington, D.C.), Vol.97(3), pp.309-326
- Publisher
- Amer Soc Engineering Education
- DOI
- 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2008.tb00981.x
- ISSN
- 1069-4730
- eISSN
- 2168-9830
- Number of pages
- 18
- Grant note
- ESI-0227558 / National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Engineering Learning and Teaching at the University of Washington; University of Washington Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE) EEC-0639895; ROLE-0125547; EEP-0648316; RED-9358516 / NSF; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2008
- Academic Unit
- Engineering Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984460329802771
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