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The design-thinking philosophy requires the designer to put his or her ego to the side and seek to meet the unmet needs, both rational and emotional, of the user,

Once the student designers have gathered all their research together, they must organize and make sense of it all

Finally, design thinking requires designers to generate ideas—lots of ideas—and prototype them

Design thinking is a human-centered approach to problem solving that begins with developing empathy for those facing a particular challenge. It serves as a framework that helps to define problems, empathize with others, develop prototypes of possible solutions, and hone those prototypes through multiple iterations until they have generated a viable solution to the challenge at hand. Design thinking encourages a

A PBL project tends to explore a relatively narrow subject area, with a narrow essential question

In Design Thinking, the students, not the teacher, write the essential question(s)

Hacking the Classroom: Beyond Design Thinking