TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between student designers’ reflective thinking and their design performance in bioengineering project
T2 - exploring reflection patterns between high and low performers
AU - Hong, Yi-Chun
AU - Choi, Ikseon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
PY - 2019/4/15
Y1 - 2019/4/15
N2 - The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between students’ patterns of reflective thinking and their performance in solving design problems. Reflective thinking is a critical element in the process of solving ill-defined design problems. Many educators are dedicated to finding ways to promote students’ reflection. Yet few empirical studies attempt to explore the relationship between reflective thinking and design performance. 44 students enrolled in a Biomedical Microelectromechanical Systems and Medical Devices course participated in this study. Through a self-assessed questionnaire, students’ reflection patterns were collected in three areas: timing of reflection, objects of reflection, and levels of reflection. Also, students’ performance scores on their team project in biomedical device design were collected. The results revealed a general pattern of student designers’ reflection behaviors and a number of significant different reflection patterns between high-performing and low-performing students as they approached a design problem-solving task. Implications for supporting students’ reflective thinking and enhancing their problem-solving abilities in design tasks were discussed.
AB - The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between students’ patterns of reflective thinking and their performance in solving design problems. Reflective thinking is a critical element in the process of solving ill-defined design problems. Many educators are dedicated to finding ways to promote students’ reflection. Yet few empirical studies attempt to explore the relationship between reflective thinking and design performance. 44 students enrolled in a Biomedical Microelectromechanical Systems and Medical Devices course participated in this study. Through a self-assessed questionnaire, students’ reflection patterns were collected in three areas: timing of reflection, objects of reflection, and levels of reflection. Also, students’ performance scores on their team project in biomedical device design were collected. The results revealed a general pattern of student designers’ reflection behaviors and a number of significant different reflection patterns between high-performing and low-performing students as they approached a design problem-solving task. Implications for supporting students’ reflective thinking and enhancing their problem-solving abilities in design tasks were discussed.
KW - Design thinking
KW - Engineering education
KW - Ill-structured problem solving
KW - Instructional design
KW - Reflective thinking
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U2 - 10.1007/s11423-018-9618-6
DO - 10.1007/s11423-018-9618-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85050816490
SN - 1042-1629
VL - 67
SP - 337
EP - 360
JO - Educational Technology Research and Development
JF - Educational Technology Research and Development
IS - 2
ER -