Alexander, C., Ishikawa, S., Murray S., Jacobson M., King I., and Angel S. 1998). A Pattern Language Towns-Buildings-Construction. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0195019199. A collection of solution patterns that aim to help novices talk with architects about planning communities, buildings, and rooms.

American Association for the Advancement of Science. Designs for Science Literacy. (2000). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0195132785. AAAS' attempt to portray science educational reform as a design problem -- great cases of everyday designing in Chapter 1.

Benenson, G., Neujahr, J. (2002). Stuff That Works! Mechanisms and Other
Systems. Portsmouth: Heinemann. ISBN: 0325004684. Materials for elementary school teachers who want to do technological investigations using everyday materials with their students.

Bloom, B. (1950). A Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Handbook 1, The Cognitive Domain. New York: David McKay. ISBN: 0582280109. Bloom's classic hierarchical listing of thinking skills, which does not mention design, but lists its 3 most critical elements - analysis, synthesis, evaluation - at the top of the heap.

Cross, Nigel. Engineering Design Methods. (2001). West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons Litd. ISBN: 0471872504.

Duckworth, Eleanor. (1987). "The Having of Wonderful Ideas" and Other
Essays on Teaching and Learning. New York: Teacher's College Press. ISBN: 0807735132. Classic work on constructivist learning in math and science by a student and translator of Piaget.

Frye, Ellen. (1997). Engineering Problem Solving. Hanover, NY: Dartmouth Project for Teaching Engineering Problem Solving. One of the early pre-engineering programs that ushered design tasks into US classrooms.

Harel, Idit. (1991). Children Designers. New Jersey: Ablex Publishing Corporation. ISBN: 0893917885. One of the first books from MIT researchers on children doing design (mostly software).

Jones, John. (1992). Design Methods. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN: 0471284963. Classic work that describes different methods and models of designing.

Kimbell, R., Stables, K., Wheeler, T., Wosniak, A., Kelly, V. (1991). The Assessment of Performance in Design and Technology. London, Evaluation and Monitoring Unit. Schools Examination and Assessment Council (SEAC). Impressive large-scale study of UK students doing D&T work.

Kolondner, Janet. (1993). Case-Based Reasoning. San Mateo: Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN: 1558602372. Janet Kolodner, PI of the Learning By Design program, wrote this book that presented a theory of how computers and people learn from examples.

Lawson, B.. (1990).How Designers Think: The Design Process Demystified. Oxford, UK: Butterworth Architecture. Great book about designers' ways of solving problems and models for describing these approaches.

Macaulay, David. (2002). The New Way Things Work.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN: 0395938473. Well-illustrated reference book of mechanisms and devices, and the concepts behind how they work.

McTighe, J. and Wiggins, G. (1998). Understanding by Design.
Alexandria: ASCD. ISBN: 013093058X. Well-regarded book that uses an engineering and design approach towards educational assessment.

National Research Council (2000). How People Learn. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press. ISBN: 0309070368. Invaluable book that summarizes some of the best research on learning for teachers.

National Research Council (2001). Knowing What Students Know. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press. ISBN: 0309072727. A companion volume to How People Learn that reviews research on assessment of learning.

National Science Education Standards (1996). National Research Council.
Washington D.C.: National Academy Press. The US national standards for science student learning and teacher professional development.

Salvadori, M. and Tempel, M. (1983). Architecture and Engineering.
New York: The New York Academy of Sciences. ISBN: 0-89766-212-1 Book for teachers with large collections of easy-to-build structures to learn about how buildings work.

Salvadori, M. (1990). The Art of Construction. Chicago: Chicago Review Press. ISBN: 1-55652-080-8 Both for students or teachers with a host of hands-on activities on structures.

Science for All Americans. (1989). American Association for the Advancement of Science. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0195067711. The precursor to NSES that included design as part of science literacy.

Standards for Technological Literacy. (2000). International Technology Education Association. Reston: International Technology Education Association. ISBN: 1887101020. ITEA's benchmarks for technology education and technological literacy.

Technically Speaking. (2002). National Academy of Engineering.
National Research Council. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press. ISBN: 0309082625. The Engineering National Academy's blueprint and rationale for building technological literacy.

Ulrich, K., and Eppinger S. (2000). Product Design and Development.
New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 007229647X. University of Oregon professor describes design processes used by mechanical engineers.

Zubrowski, Bernie. Structures. (1993). United States: Cuisenaire Company of America, and The Children's Museum. ISBN: 0938587358. Comments go here.