Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Department of Architecture, College of Art and Architecture, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of standardizing the design thinking mentality scale in the curricula of students with design courses. This research is applied in terms of purpose, and in terms of its nature and method, it is descriptive of the correlation type. The statistical population of this research was all students of Hamedan universities with design courses. According to the use of confirmatory factor analysis in this research, a sample of 475 people was selected by cluster sampling method. In order to collect the desired data, the design thinking mentality questionnaire was used. In order to analyze the data, firstly, exploratory factor analysis using SPSS-28 software was used to check the scale factors and distribution of items, and then confirmatory factor analysis was used with Smart-PLS-3 software to validate the items and factors. Based on the analysis, 22 factors for design thinking were identified and extracted. In the present study, group knowledge and group members' interaction were identified as two separate factors. Also, the factors of testing and learning from mistakes were identified as two separate factors. And the components of bias towards action and empiricism were also presented separately. The reliability of the questionnaire was also measured by calculating the reliability indices (internal consistency and retest). In measuring the reliability of the questionnaire with the homogeneity method, Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the factors were obtained from 0.70 to 0.91. Also, the reliability of the questionnaire was obtained between 0.66 and 0.83 for the factors with the test-retest method and in a time interval of 14 days, which shows that the design thinking questionnaire has good reliability
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