TY - JOUR
T1 - Incubating engineers, hatching design thinkers
T2 - Mechanical engineering students learning design through Ambidextrous Ways of Thinking
AU - Lande, Micah
AU - Leifer, Larry
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Design Thinking and Engineering Thinking are complimentary yet distinct aspects of mechanical engineering design activities. This paper examines these distinctions in the context of mechanical engineering students designing in a project-based learning course at Stanford University. By qualitatively analyzing and plotting student teams' prototyping activities, the students' work patterns can generally be assessed along a framework of Ambidextrous Ways of Thinking.
AB - Design Thinking and Engineering Thinking are complimentary yet distinct aspects of mechanical engineering design activities. This paper examines these distinctions in the context of mechanical engineering students designing in a project-based learning course at Stanford University. By qualitatively analyzing and plotting student teams' prototyping activities, the students' work patterns can generally be assessed along a framework of Ambidextrous Ways of Thinking.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85029116653
SN - 2153-5965
JO - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
JF - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
ER -