A Systematic Literature Review of Novice/K–12 Visual Representations of Design Ideas

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to systematically investigate how novice/K-12 students’ visual representation of design ideas has been operationalized, measured, or assessed in the research literature. In the various phases of screening in this systematic review, inclusion, exclusion, and quality criteria were applied. From an initial sample of 958 articles, 40 studies were included in the final step of the coding process and qualitative synthesis. Applying provisional and open coding, three broad themes, and 23 characteristics were identified that have been used by researchers to conceptualize sketching of ideas, in novice/K-12 design activities: Communicating Ideas, Visual-Spatial Characteristics, and Design Creativity. We propose a Three-pronged Design Sketching (3-pDS) framework to examine K-12 design sketches.

Authors

• Mehdi Ghahremani, Mississippi State University

• Nielsen Pereira, Purdue University

• Zafer Ozen, Purdue University

• Marcia L. Gentry, Purdue University