Assessment & Evaluation in Design Classes

Study Notes

Assessment thoroughly analyzes accomplishments against goals and criteria.
Assessment in technology analyzes benefits, risks, trade-offs to ensure positive outcomes outweigh negative consequences.

Brainstorming is a group problem-solving technique using unrestrained discussion to generate ideas and stimulate creativity.
Creativity is the ability to generate new concepts and ideas.

Constraints limit design processes (appearance, funding, space, materials, capabilities).
Design is an iterative process creating plans to convert resources into products meeting needs or solving problems. It can also refer to a plan, drawing, or decorative pattern.
A design brief identifies the problem, criteria, and constraints, encouraging consideration of all aspects before solution attempts.
The design process systematically solves problems, considering criteria and constraints to develop and select a final solution.
A design statement challenges the designer, describing what a solution should do (not how), and specifying the execution level.

A designer creates things, often using visual cues to organize their work.
An engineer uses technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
An engineering notebook chronologically documents all work associated with a specific design project.