Abhinav Bansal
M.Des/Year 2
Using Design Thinking Process to teach Math in Primary School
Using Design Thinking Process to teach Math in Primary School
Prof. Ravi Poovaiah
The project aims to curate a framework for teaching Mathematical Concepts to Elementary
School students using the Design Thinking process. The project follows an iterative
approach, where the engagement and learning outcomes of the process and designed
activities are studied for subsequent development, culminating in a series of Lesson
Plans for the identified topics. We tested the designed lesson plans using 3 different
teaching methodologies. We found out that although traditional teaching mechanisms
produced better overall results than purely Experience based Design Thinking Process,
there were certain areas of application where experience-based learning worked better.
Overall, we aim to enhance the teaching of Mathematics by offering innovative activities
and lesson plans, driven by research, testing and expert evaluation.
Visually Understanding Deep Time
Visually Understanding Deep Time
Prof. Venkatesh Rajamanickam
Deep Time is the 'Age of Earth'. The project aims at explaining the concept of Deep Time
and understanding the cause-and-effect relationships that led to the Evolution of Life
by using interactive
Data Visualisations. The visualizations are Exploratory and Data-driven in nature. Deep
Time refers to the Life of the Earth, that is accepted to be 4.56 billion years in age.
The human mind can easily visualize time-scales of smaller range (thousands to tens of
thousands). However, as soon as this scale is increased, this understanding diminishes.
In this project, Geologic Time is divided into 8 chapters (periods of euqal importance).
A narrative is used to bind these phases together. To further understand the
effectiveness of an interactive visualization, a Quantitative Evaluation was conducted
where the relationship between Data Points, and user interactions (clicks) was
understood.
