Reviewing the Impact of the National Strategies Design and Technology Framework for Key Stage Three

Table 5: D&T (Sub-skills of design, from the D&T Framework (DfES, 2004)) Framework design activities experienced (n = 202)

Responses	Sub-skill1	No. of pupils	Percentage	Rank order	Usage
Sketching	Generating	152	75.200%	1
Mindmaps	Exploring	145	71.800%	2
Moodboards	Exploring	129	63.900%	3	High
‘Brainstorms’	Exploring	114	56.400%	4
Flowcharts	Planning	80	39.600%	5
Isometric drawing	Developing	65	32.200%	6
ACCESS FM	Evaluating	65	32.200%	6
Sensory Analysis	Evaluating	51	25.200%	8	Moderate
Deconstruction	Generating	36	17.800%	9
4 x 4	Developing	24	11.900%	10
Role-play	Exploring	22	10.900%	11
Eco-footprint	Exploring	21	10.400%	12	Low
Extending the product	Generating	18	8.900%	13
range
Winners and Losers	Exploring	16	7.900%	14
Morphology	Generating	16	7.900%	14
Beg, borrow, steal	Developing	14	6.900%	16
PIES	Evaluating	14	6.900%	16
Walk on the wild side	Generating	11	5.400%	18
Gantt charts	Planning	9	4.500%	19
CAFE QUE	Evaluating	8	4.00%	20
SCAMPER	Developing	5	2.500%	21
A day in the life of…	Exploring	2	1.00%	22	Negligible
Six thinking hats	Evaluating	2	1.00%	22
6-3-5 Matrix	Generating	0	0.0%	24

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