Abstract

TORRES-SANCHEZ, Julián Darío  and  ZAPATA-CASTANEDA, Pedro Nel. Technological Thinking and its Cognitive Processes: a Review of the State of the Art. Rev. Fac. Cienc. Tecnol. [online]. 2025, n.57, a19661.  Epub Jan 01, 2025. ISSN 0121-3814.  https://doi.org/10.17227/ted.num57-19661.

This article aims to establish a reference framework for characterizing the cognitive processes underlying technological thinking (TT), through a review of various documentary sources oriented towards the study of cognitive processes and the teaching of technology. This review aimed to characterize the cognitive processes involved in thinking technologically. In this regard, different documentary sources related to TT and the cognitive processes involved in this type of thinking were collected, selected, and organized. Additionally, the theoretical postulates of different authors on the topic are contrasted, and a personal interpretation of the cognitive processes structuring TT is proposed. The results of the review are presented in three sections: cognitive processes associated with technological thinking, cognitive processes associated with technical problem-solving, and cognitive processes related to the use of technological tools. Among the most important findings, the location of technological reasoning processes in the frontoparietal area within the left inferior parietal lobe is highlighted, as well as the existence of species-specific cognitive processes within the technological context. In conclusion, this text concludes by recognizing nine cognitive processes underlying TT.

Keywords : thinking; technology; cognitive process; problem solving.

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