Evaluate and refine processes
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can write an evaluation and identify further modifications to the design and batch process.
Key learning points
- Designers collaborate to evaluate designs.
- Designers modify products after evaluating.
- Evaluations help to discover if the final design outcome has addressed the original design objectives.
- Design specifications and requirements can be used to support writing an evaluation.
Keywords
Evaluation - checking how good something is and how to make it better
Design outcome - a final product or solution
Modifications - making changes or adjustments to improve or alter a design
Common misconception
Once a final product is complete, no further improvements are needed.
Designers constantly seek to improve and develop their designs and products, no product is ever perfect.
Teacher tip
Embedding a practice of collecting and recording thoughts throughout the design and make process will support evaluating and anaylsing the whole process in order to make modifications.
Equipment
Design specifications and/or requirements, final design outcomes.
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the term to its meaning.
to put parts together to make a whole
a single part of a product
a secure connection between two parts
a tool that holds pieces in place
Q2.Order the steps to describe how to join two pieces of timber with glue and a clamp.
Q3.Which of these is an example of a wooden joint?
Q4.Which of the following is NOT a method for joining timber?
Q5.What does it mean to evaluate a design?
Q6.Why do designers test their products after making them?
Assessment exit quiz
4 Questions
Q1.Why is evaluation important at the end of a design project?
Q2.A is a change made to improve a product after evaluating it.
Q3.Match the stage to the purpose.
checking what works and what doesn’t
making a change to improve the product
the finished product or solution
sharing ideas and feedback with others
Q4.Order the steps from testing to improvement.
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