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Design Thinking in STEM Education: A Review

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Alashwal, May·2020·International Research in Higher Education
DOI 10.5430/irhe.v5n1p18
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Design thinking plays an important role in grooming creative and innovative ideas. Design and design thinking are attributed as vital traits in STEM education. Design ability is important in shaping students’ mindsets for future challenges and advancements in technology. STEM education will strengthen learning and will help to foster creativity, critical thinking, design thinking ability, problem solving and innovative skills. In this research, we try to focus on different factors and theories regarding design thinking and role of STEM education in inducing design thinking and innovative ideas. Design is not confined to just few academic and professional subjects. Design thinking ability helps in about each and every discipline of life. In this review, different research studies and their findings regarding importance of design thinking in STEM education have been explained.

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    “Additionally, Alashwal (2020) highlighted the growing significance of DT models in STEM education and also underscored the need for more comprehensive research, particularly on the role of different moderator variables in determining their effectiveness (Alashwal, 2020).”

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    Section 2, “Design Thinking Models,” says design thinking is gaining recognition in education and calls for more research into factors contributing to students’ design-thinking ability. The Conclusion also calls for more work. Neither passage specifically calls for research on moderator variables that determine the effectiveness of DT models. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Alashwal, M.
Affiliations
University of Central Florida (US)
Corresponding author
Alashwal, May
ORCID
Alashwal, May
Venue
International Research in Higher Education
Publisher
Sciedu Press
Published
2020-02-09
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
18
ISSN
  • 2380-9183 (ISSN-L)
  • 2380-9205
DOI
10.5430/irhe.v5n1p18
OpenAlex
W3012005149
Cited by
21
References
3
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 4 · 2022: 4
FWCI
0.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
International Research in Higher Education (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Design Education and Practice
  • Social Sciences › Education › STEM Education
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
Keywords
design thinking, STEM education, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, problem solving, design capability, innovation ability

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