@inproceedings{b9a99f0698ba47d590ac2fb87edeeb6a,
title = "Work in progress - Student representations and conceptions of design and engineering",
abstract = "To get at students' conceptual understandings of design and engineering activity, a group of graduate engineering students were asked to perform a series of drawing tasks. A group of first-year master's students in Mechanical Engineering enrolled in design project courses at Stanford University were asked to generate a concept map of their {"}typical design process{"} at the beginning and end of their course. Students were also asked to draw a designer at work and an engineer at work, along the lines of the Draw-a-Scientist Test. Initial findings from qualitative content analysis indicate that the concept maps of design process mature over time along a consistent learning trajectory. Students also have distinct but complimentary models of the roles of a designer and engineer along two emerging themes: idea generation vs. idea implementation and human-centered design vs. technology-centered. These intermediate results point to further study in this area.",
keywords = "Concept maps, Design process, Draw-adesigner test, Draw-an-engineer test",
author = "Micah Lande and Larry Leifer",
year = "2009",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/FIE.2009.5350576",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781424447152",
series = "Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE",
booktitle = "39th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference",
note = "39th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference: Imagining and Engineering Future CSET Education, FIE 2009 ; Conference date: 18-10-2009 Through 21-10-2009",
}