This paper presents preliminary results from the first phase of a longitudinal study of design cognition and the effects of design education on design practice. The study aims to monitor the development of engineering design thinking through a three-year protocol study of two control and experimental groups of engineering students. Using innovations in cognitive science that include ontologically-based coding of protocols and new methods of protocol analysis, it is intended to characterize their cognitive development, identify differences over time, and relate them to their education. The first phase of this study is focused in assessing students ’ spatial reasoning ability. Spatial reasoning is the ability to process and form ideas through...
Long considered a primary factor of intelligence, spatial ability has been shown to correlate strong...
The Design process is a complex activity that requires significant cognitive abilities one of the mo...
Abstract—This paper presents the initial findings of a design cognition study involving two groups o...
The relationships between various cognitive characteristics and design creativity provide the necess...
In this paper, we report on progress of a three-year longitudinal study on the impact of design educ...
Previous studies suggest that 3D visualization is fundamental to design spatial cognition, and the c...
Abstract – This paper presents first year results of a longitudinal study of how engineering student...
The relationships between various cognitive characteristics and design creativity provide the necess...
The relationships between various cognitive characteristics and design creativity provide the necess...
A number of cognitive skills relevant to conceptual design have been previously identified: Divergen...
The spatial ability is defined as the combination of some abilities such as imagining the movements ...
Spatial research has experienced a surge in popularity across the global community in recent years, ...
Abstract- This paper presents the results of design cognition studies of two groups of students: hig...
This paper presents the results of two years of a three-year longitudinal study on the impact of des...
Visualization abi lity was tested and compared to skil ls used in engineering for two introductory g...
Long considered a primary factor of intelligence, spatial ability has been shown to correlate strong...
The Design process is a complex activity that requires significant cognitive abilities one of the mo...
Abstract—This paper presents the initial findings of a design cognition study involving two groups o...
The relationships between various cognitive characteristics and design creativity provide the necess...
In this paper, we report on progress of a three-year longitudinal study on the impact of design educ...
Previous studies suggest that 3D visualization is fundamental to design spatial cognition, and the c...
Abstract – This paper presents first year results of a longitudinal study of how engineering student...
The relationships between various cognitive characteristics and design creativity provide the necess...
The relationships between various cognitive characteristics and design creativity provide the necess...
A number of cognitive skills relevant to conceptual design have been previously identified: Divergen...
The spatial ability is defined as the combination of some abilities such as imagining the movements ...
Spatial research has experienced a surge in popularity across the global community in recent years, ...
Abstract- This paper presents the results of design cognition studies of two groups of students: hig...
This paper presents the results of two years of a three-year longitudinal study on the impact of des...
Visualization abi lity was tested and compared to skil ls used in engineering for two introductory g...
Long considered a primary factor of intelligence, spatial ability has been shown to correlate strong...
The Design process is a complex activity that requires significant cognitive abilities one of the mo...
Abstract—This paper presents the initial findings of a design cognition study involving two groups o...