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Reexamining the relationship between design performance and the design process using reflection in action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2012

Hsien-Hui Tang ,
Yuying Y. Lee  and
Wenzhi Chen
Hsien-Hui Tang*
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial and Commercial Design, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Yuying Y. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Design, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
Wenzhi Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Design, Chang Gung University, Taiwan
*
Reprint requests to: H.H. Tang, Department of Industrial and Commercial Design, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan. E-mail: drhhtang@mail.ntust.edu.tw
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Abstract

Reflective actions in collaborative design can potentially improve design performance and results. This paper quantitatively reexamines the relationships between reflective activities and design performance during the collaborative design process in terms of reflection in action. Twenty sets of protocol data were encoded by a modified version of Valkenburg and Dorst's coding scheme. Using statistical testing, the relationship between the design performance and the number of activities plus the transitions was examined. A significant statistical correlation was found between the percentage of mature framing (setting up of a desired goal with sufficient follow-ups) and the overall performance. These quantitative results verify the qualitative findings of the previous study.

Keywords

Collaborative DesignFramingProtocol AnalysisReflection in Action

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AI EDAM , Volume 26 , Issue 2: Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'10) , May 2012 , pp. 205 - 219
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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