The Decomposition/Recomposition Design Behavior of Student and Professional Engineers

摘要

Design activity has significant differences from other cognitive activities while there are similarities in design activities conducted in various conditions (Visser, 2009). Design is also recognized as the critical element of engineering thinking, which differentiates engineering from other problem solving approaches (Dym, Agogino, Eris, Frey & Leifer, 2005). One of the primary goals of engineering design education is to equip students with the capability to become expert design engineers.