This study has suggested metacognitive ability as an effective alternative
which can enhance an ability to solve a problem in learners themselves in a
strategy for improving an ability to solve a problem in design learners, and has
investigated an effect of inherent metacognitive ability on an ability to solve a
problem in college students having a major of industrial design.
As investigated, the higher metacognitive ability he has, the higher creative
imagination and design integration he has. Further, the metacognitive ability
positively affects fresh creative ability, idea visualization, modeling sense, planning
and understanding of theme, analytical thinking and ability to consider user’s
expectation and environment as sub-factors.
As the result indicates, as the metacognitive ability positively affects an
ability to solve a design problem in college students, a training content to enhance
the metacognitive ability should be developed and included in design theory and
practice curriculums of the colleges. In particular, we suggests it is considered that
control ability in the metacognition greatly affects improvement of the ability to
solve a design problem, and thus it is needed to develop contents and curriculums
capable of improving an ability for a student to developmentally modulate and
control his original plan and check matter in solving a design problem.