Evaluation of level of development in students’ design models in engineering education

Abstract: Designing is a process, which requires designers with high levels of knowledge, skills and competences with respect to design modelling and knowledge management. Much focus has thus been extended towards collaboration and development of well-defined models, without, however, evaluating the current level of development of design models or knowledge, skills and competences of designers. This study, therefore, presents an investigation of design models from a learning event for students of architecture, engineering and construction, evaluating the current level of development of design models and a discussion of how to improve learning events in engineering education.