Highlights•Reviews progress in advancing an understanding of design cognition and
metacognition.•Identifies consistent evidence of core cognitive strategies in …

Highlights•Elucidates common foundations of theory-driven design research.•Identifies
major challenges confronting current design research.•Identifies the lessons that can be …

Theories of mind are implicitly embedded in educational research. The predominant theory
of mind during the latter half of the twentieth century has focused primarily on the individual …

In this dynamic review and synthesis of empirical research and theoretical discussion of
design as cognitive activity, Willemien Visser reconciles and integrates the classical view of …

PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the core themes of design research
by analysing citations of papers in the journal Design Studies. It also aims to find out the …

The generation of ideas is an essential element in the process of design. One suggested
approach to improving the quality of ideas is through increasing their quantity. In this study …

This chapter aims to further our understanding of the nature and function of analogising and
mental simulation in design through an analysis of the DTRS7 engineering data. Analogies …

This article presents a cognitively oriented viewpoint on design. It focuses on cognitive,
dynamic aspects of real design, that is, the actual cognitive activity implemented by …

Previous studies have demonstrated the importance of sketching in design cognition,
particularly in the early stages of engineering design. The goal of this preliminary study is to …

This paper presents the cognitive activity differences of six expert architects when they
design in blindfolded (BF) and sketching (SK) conditions. It was observed that all …