This study examined the effects of the engineering design-based activities developed in the context of aircraft engineering on the engineering design process (EDP) skills of students. Through the notebooks that the students provided during the implementation process, their EDP skills for each engineering design phase (identification of the problem, generation of design ideas, and creation and improvement of the final design artefact) were analyzed. Focus group interviews were held to reveal their understanding of EDP and to elaborate on the findings, which indicated that the EDP skills of the students improved thanks to the engineering design-based activities. In addition, the focus group interviews indicated that the students had some difficulties while implementing EDP. This study investigated the implementation skills of students in EDP and revealed the skills that are open to and resistant to improvement in this process. It is believed that these findings will enable teachers and researchers to integrate engineering and science more effectively while developing engineering-based teaching activities and conducting classroom practices.

本研究考察了在飞机工程背景下开展的基于工程设计的活动对学生工程设计过程 (EDP) 技能的影响。通过学生在实施过程中提供的笔记本，分析了他们在每个工程设计阶段（问题的识别、设计思想的产生以及最终设计工件的创造和改进）的 EDP 技能。举行焦点小组访谈以揭示他们对 EDP 的理解并详细说明调查结果，这表明由于基于工程设计的活动，学生的 EDP 技能得到了提高。此外，焦点小组访谈表明，学生在实施EDP时遇到了一些困难。本研究调查了学生在 EDP 中的实施技能，并揭示了在此过程中对改进持开放态度和抗拒改进的技能。相信这些发现将使教师和研究人员能够在开发基于工程的教学活动和进行课堂实践时更有效地整合工程和科学。