关键词：覆盖图设计；设计工具；设计技能
摘 要：Traditionally, learning of design skills has been situated in the context of apprenticeships or formal design studios. Unfortunately, these methods are inaccessible to practicing professionals due to constraints on time and location. And, indeed, professional designers must continuously update their knowledge as paradigm shifts in design practice threaten to make their skills obsolete. An ideal resolution to this problem is to situate the learning of design skills within the professional practice of design.This dissertation studies an approach to this mode of situated learning, focusing on integrating learning mechanisms into practical design tools. These tools provide scaffolding for novices as they construct an understanding of best practices in design while engaging in real design work.