1.1.4 Initiating and developing ideas, recording data

• D&T
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

What do you think when
your hear "research"?

Data analysis & interpretation

What is useful and what not?

Analyse activity

A designer undertook research for a project to design a new device for displaying a tablet  while the user is in the kitchen cooking.

What do you need to know?

Imagine your are asked to design a new device for displaying a tablet computer while the user is in the kitchen cooking.

Talk with your neighbor and write briefly down which INFORMATION you need to create a good design (2 minutes).

Analyse activity

Work in pairs

Take the activity sheet

Read and underline research results

Discuss and note if the result is useful in this design process

Summary of possible answers

 

Not all information is equally important during the process. Take what is useful and leave what is not. By doing this you have to think about what is relevant and will ensure you have a full understanding of the problem and the situation.