Advancing an understanding of design cognition and design metacognition: Progress and prospects

LJ Ball, BT Christensen - Design Studies, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•Reviews progress in advancing an understanding of design cognition and
metacognition.•Identifies consistent evidence of core cognitive strategies in …

Develo** theory-driven design research

PJ Cash - Design Studies, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Elucidates common foundations of theory-driven design research.•Identifies
major challenges confronting current design research.•Identifies the lessons that can be …

[BOOK][B] The cognitive artifacts of designing

W Visser - 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

Out of our minds: a review of sociocultural cognition theory

J Tenenberg, M Knobelsdorf - Computer Science Education, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Understanding design research: A bibliometric analysis of Design Studies (1996–2010)

KH Chai, X **ao - Design Studies, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Observations on concept generation and sketching in engineering design

MC Yang - Research in Engineering Design, 2009 - Springer
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 …

Analogical reasoning and mental simulation in design: two strategies linked to uncertainty resolution

LJ Ball, BT Christensen - About Designing, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

Designing as construction of representations: A dynamic viewpoint in cognitive design research

W Visser - Human–Computer Interaction, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Sticky notes as a kind of design material: How sticky notes support design cognition and design collaboration

LJ Ball, BT Christensen, K Halskov - Design Studies, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Sticky notes serve as a ubiquitous–yet under-explored–type of design
material.•The properties of sticky notes give rise to affordances that support design …

An analysis of sketching skill and its role in early stage engineering design

MC Yang, JG Cham - 2007 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
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 …