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Design Research: Theoretical and Methodological Issues

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Title

Design Research: Theoretical and Methodological Issues

Abstract/Description

The term "design experiments" was introduced in 1992, in articles by Ann Brown (1992) and Allan Collins (1992). Design experiments were developed as a way to carry out formative research to test and refine educational designs based on principles derived from prior research. More recently the term design research has been applied to this kind of work. In this article, we outline the goals of design research and how it is related to other methodologies. We illustrate how design research is carried out with two very different examples. And we provide guidelines for how design research can best be carried out in the future.

Date

Volume

13

Issue

1

Pages

15-42

Resource type

Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

Published Text

Scholarship genre

Theoretical

Open access/full-text available

No

Peer reviewed

Yes

ISSN

1050-8406

Citation

Collins, A., Joseph, D., & Bielaczyc, K. (2004). Design Research: Theoretical and Methodological Issues. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 13(1), 15–42. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327809jls1301_2

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