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TO LEARNING TO CODE
A DESIGN THINKING APPROACH
NATE COOPER
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Brain-Based Design Thinking
Solving problemsusing design methodology
gather organize visualize
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(brain-based)
What is design thinking?
Clinical psychology
+ Behavioral economics
Step 1: Know thyself
TRY SOFTER
Some imperfect models of the brain
Split Brain experiments
Triune Brain theory
Dual system hypothesis
VISUAL PROCESSING IS FASTER THAN THOUGHT
John Snow’s mapOf cholera cases
Around Broad StreetLondon, 1854
John Snow’s mapOf cholera cases
Around Broad StreetLondon, 1854
Step 2: Tackle problems your can solve
Difficult but Solvable
“I want to learn to code” can mean a lot of different things
[email protected]@NateCooper
Server
Production Machine
ClientFront End
Back End ApacheMySQL
PHPRails
node.jsWordpress JoomlaDrupal
HTML/CSS/JSText Editor
SublimeDreamweaver
JavascriptFlash
Browser
Are you able to correctly set up the problem?
interviewfocusing
facilitation
Step 3: Tracking progress
focusing facilitation
“I am your resentment,and I am here to tell you
that you are underappreciated.”
1. Clear a space.
2. Get hold of a feeling.
3. Apply labels.
4. Test the label or labels.
5. Ask for meaning.
6. Receive the meaning, feel a shift.
FOCUSING: THE SIX STEPS
Facilitation turns experiences and feelings into goals and steps.
MENTAL MODELS
‘Understanding’ means building (working) mental models to make accurate
predictions.
Behavioral economics
Step 3: Understanding false positives
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS TAKEAWAYS
Without an explicit point of comparison, people use one unconsciously.
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS TAKEAWAYS
We overweight small risks
while underweighting large ones.
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS TAKEAWAYS
We accept too much risk to avoid a loss
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS TAKEAWAYS
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS TAKEAWAYS
We exaggerate differences in a paired comparison
Step 4: Reward progress
