Diagram of the updated model of how engineers learn

2019-04-13

I drew it because I might be able to draw it better now that I have an iPad.

https://gyazo.com/3d0dfa8b44c1385932620a0736ef43fc

First, I think, "I'd like an A."

For example, "I want to create software with a certain function X" or "I want to eat fried eggs.

Think "How can I get A?"(HOW)

Think, "If I combine B and C, I might get A."

https://gyazo.com/5f5f53b3764e679eaec7913f980e289d

Like, "If you put a frying pan on the stove top and put an egg in it, it's going to be a fried egg."

Model M produces this

I'll actually try it.

I expected to get an A and I got a D.

be surprised

https://gyazo.com/25b480f2a23dd9ca147b733049810488

We now have the observed fact that "combining B and C gives us D, not A."

It's hard to tell that this says "Do" (2025-04-16)

Consider why D instead of A (why)

Model M, which generated the hypothesis that "if you combine B and C, you get A," is wrong.

Modify model M (M')

One thing that was in the 2014 figure but not depicted here is that this correction is a "Why did this happen?" to "Isn't this what caused this?" (2025-04-16).

https://gyazo.com/d67ab7ee2568cc215a3436e29b678c64

Using the new model M', we again ask, "How can we get A?" (how).

'Wouldn't it be nice to combine the B's and G's?' and so on.

I'll actually try it.

https://gyazo.com/5f16d877cd671f8caed49496cb22465a

Postscript (2025-04-16)

original drawing

https://gyazo.com/3abcff715dccfeae293c6befeaea383a

This figure is the form before the illustrator made the drawing.

2014-03-10

https://gyazo.com/0784dca29788387862f38bf547676ab9

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