Description
In this study we have grappled with how higher order thinking emerges in early stage design reviews, using an undergraduate dyadic review and a graduate review in a small group setting. Narratives, gambits and justifications emerged through a content analysis as forms of higher order thinking common in the reviews. We then mapped these reviews onto common frames of reference employed by teachers and students. Results depicted stark differences in the linguistic routines of the two teachers and two different sets of students. Each focused their higher order thinking from a primarily different frame of reference. Conclusions relate to opportunistic teaching strategies and the instructional tensions that the design review poses as a method for teaching the linguistic routines of the design review to early stage designers.
Keywords
Design critique, design reviews, content analysis, higher order thinking, discourse
Date of Verison
January 2014
DOI
10.5703/1288284315939
Recommended Citation
Howard, Craig D. and Gray, Colin M., "Higher order thinking in design reviews" (2014). Design Thinking Research Symposium. 4.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dtrs/2014/Impact/4
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Higher order thinking in design reviews
In this study we have grappled with how higher order thinking emerges in early stage design reviews, using an undergraduate dyadic review and a graduate review in a small group setting. Narratives, gambits and justifications emerged through a content analysis as forms of higher order thinking common in the reviews. We then mapped these reviews onto common frames of reference employed by teachers and students. Results depicted stark differences in the linguistic routines of the two teachers and two different sets of students. Each focused their higher order thinking from a primarily different frame of reference. Conclusions relate to opportunistic teaching strategies and the instructional tensions that the design review poses as a method for teaching the linguistic routines of the design review to early stage designers.
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Conference presentations were developed into a book chapter that was published in “Analyzing Design Review Conversations,” edited by Robin S. Adams and Junaid A. Siddiqui (2016, Purdue University Press), which can be found here:http://www.thepress.purdue.edu/titles/analyzing-design-review-conversations.