Creativity in design engineering and the role of knowledge: Modelling the expert

International Journal of Technology and Design Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-236

  Christiaans, Henri ^a   Venselaar, Kees ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VRC   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Creativity and cognition; Design learning; Design thinking; Students' learning experiences

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS;

CREATIVE AND COGNITION; DESIGN LEARNING; DESIGN THINKING; STUDENTS' LEARNING EXPERIENCES;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 25444462819     PISSN: 09577572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10798-004-1904-4     Document Type: Article

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