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Critical thinking and design: Evolution of a freshman engineering graphics course
Author(s) -
Sanchez Lilia A.,
Hight Timothy K.,
Gainen Joanne
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.37219956110
Subject(s) - graphics , component (thermodynamics) , mathematics education , course (navigation) , process (computing) , computer science , engineering design process , critical thinking , computer graphics , instructional design , teaching method , engineering education , engineering drawing , multimedia , engineering , engineering management , psychology , computer graphics (images) , mechanical engineering , programming language , physics , thermodynamics , aerospace engineering
Mechanical engineering students learn to solve ill‐structured design problems using graphic communication skills in the freshman engineering graphics course. Integration of a critical thinking component has guided our own iterative, interactive process of designing a more effective teaching methodology.