Keyword

design problem solving

Description: The cognitive and practical process of developing and evaluating solutions to problems in design, drawing on knowledge, strategies, and tools.

Primary topic: Design Education and Practice (58%)

OpenAlex ID: keywords/design-problem-solving

Notes on the Synthesis of Form

1964 · Christopher W. Alexander · Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Architectural Design · 1,986

The interaction of design hierarchies and market concepts in technological evolution

1985 · Kim B. Clark · Research Policy · 959

Sketches of Thought

1995 · Vinod Goel · The MIT Press eBooks · 920

The structure of Design Problem Spaces

1992 · Vinod Goel, Peter Pirolli · Cognitive Science · 646

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Learning to Solve Problems: A Handbook for Designing Problem-Solving Learning Environments

2003 · David H. Jonassen · 558

Abductive Thinking and Sensemaking: The Drivers of Design Synthesis

2009 · Jon Kolko · Design Issues · 553

Design and other types of fixation

1996 · A.Terry Purcell, John S. Gero · Design Studies · 551

Design-oriented human-computer interaction

2003 · Daniel Fallman · ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) · 513

Design Problem Solving: A Task Analysis

1990 · B. Chandrasekaran · 457

Theory construction in design research: criteria: approaches, and methods

2003 · Ken Friedman · Design Studies · 435

A functional representation for aiding biomimetic and artificial inspiration of new ideas

2005 · AMARESH CHAKRABARTI, PRABIR SARKAR, et al. · Artificial intelligence for engineering design analysis and manufacturing · 412

The importance of drawing in the mechanical design process

1990 · David G. Ullman, Stephen Wood, et al. · Computers & Graphics · 402

Variances in the impact of visual stimuli on design problem solving performance

2006 · Gabriela Goldschmidt, Maria Smolkov · Design Studies · 382

Expertise and the use of visual analogy: implications for design education

1999 · Hernan Casakin, Gabriela Goldschmidt · Design Studies · 367

Following the Wrong Footsteps: Fixation Effects of Pictorial Examples in a Design Problem-Solving Task.

2005 · Evangelia G. Chrysikou, Robert W. Weisberg · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition · 346

What Do Instructional Designers Actually Do? An Initial Investigation of Expert Practice

2008 · Gordon Rowland · Performance Improvement Quarterly · 306

Design Problem Solving: Knowledge Structures and Control Strategies

1989 · David C. Brown, Bharath Chandrasekaran · 265

Cognitive Strategies in Architectural Design

1979 · BRYAN R. LAWSON · Ergonomics · 244

Inspiring design ideas with texts

2010 · Gabriela Goldschmidt, Anat Litan Sever · Design Studies · 212

The role of timing and analogical similarity in the stimulation of idea generation in design

2008 · Ian Tseng, Jarrod Moss, et al. · Design Studies · 204

Virtual team meetings: An analysis of communication and context

2007 · A.H. Anderson, R. McEwan, et al. · Computers in Human Behavior · 197

Role of the Right Prefrontal Cortex in Ill-structured Planning

2000 · Vinod Goel, Jordan Grafman · Cognitive Neuropsychology · 194

The psychological study of design

1979 · John C. Thomas, John M. Carroll · Design Studies · 189

Some phenomena of problem decomposition strategy for design thinking: differences between novices and experts

2001 · Chun-Heng Ho · Design Studies · 187

Motivating the notion of generic design within information processing theory: The design problem space

· Goel, Vinod, Author, Pirolli, Peter, Author · UC Berkeley · 177

Works count: 1,808

Citation count: 23,790