A comparative study of the effect industrial arts experiences have on understanding the fundamentals of design

The purpose of this research was to determine statistically how design lessons relate to measured design judgment. The study was designed to test the following hypothesis: There will be a significant difference in the fundamentals of design acquired by tenth and eleventh grade students whose woodworking classes include design lessons and those students whose classes do not include design lessons. The three hundred nine subjects of the study consisted of tenth and eleventh grade students in four high schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma. These high schools were selected to be representative of various socio-economic sections of the city. The classes to be used were chosen by random selection, and the woodworking classes were divided into two groups. One group was taught design lessons by the use of lectures and transparencies, while the other group, along with selected drafting classes, received no special design lessons. ..