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Glyn Kennell , Sean Maw , Amy L. Miller ·

YOU? · · 2024 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.24908/pceea.2023.17084

Relatively few studies have been conducted to analyze how design courses change student attitudes towards engineering design. The first-year engineering program at USask includes an introductory design course that focuses on Problem Definition. One of the course learning objectives is the development of positive attitudes towards various facets of engineering design. As part of quality assurance in this regard, a survey tool was developed to assess student attitudes towards design. The survey, conducted in 2021 and 2022, included up to 18 statements. Each student rated their agreement with each statement on a 5-point Likert scale. Results were analyzed by comparing differences in response frequencies from students at the end of 2021 and 2022, and from before and after the design course in 2022. As well, one multiple-choice and two open-ended text responses were gathered and coded for each end-of-course survey. Results from the two cohorts were similar, in spite of some logistical differences between the two years. Also, attitudes across several of the statements were positively and significantly impacted by the design course suggesting that the course is meeting its objectives of developing positive attitudes towards design, and is doing so on a year-over-year basis.

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