The Effectiveness of Design Thinking Course in Promoting Critical Thinking Skills

Design Thinking course is believed to enhance students’ critical thinking skills; thus, this paper seeks to examine the correlation between Design Thinking course and critical thinking skills among undergraduate students. This research adapted Design Thinking framework developed by Hasso-Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. This study uses questionnaire on 114 undergraduates of a private university in Malaysia. The result shows that Design Thinking course does help to enhance critical thinking skills, in which the implication brings positive impact on teaching and learning in higher education Malaysia.