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Design Experiments in Educational Research
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Design experiments have both a pragmatic bent and a theoretical orientation as mentioned in this paper, developing domain-specific theories by systematically studying those forms of learning and the means of supporting them, and the authors clarify what is involved in preparing for and carrying out a design experiment, and conduct a retrospective analysis of the extensive, longitudinal data sets generated during an experiment.Abstract:
In this article, the authors first indicate the range of purposes and the variety of settings in which design experiments have been conducted and then delineate five crosscutting features that collectively differentiate design experiments from other methodologies. Design experiments have both a pragmatic bent—“engineering” particular forms of learning—and a theoretical orientation—developing domain-specific theories by systematically studying those forms of learning and the means of supporting them. The authors clarify what is involved in preparing for and carrying out a design experiment, and in conducting a retrospective analysis of the extensive, longitudinal data sets generated during an experiment. Logistical issues, issues of measure, the importance of working through the data systematically, and the need to be explicit about the criteria for making inferences are discussed.read more
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Design principles as bridge between scientific knowledge production and practice design. EDeR – Educational Design Research
Abstract: This paper uses design-based research (DBR) to describe an approach that combines scientific knowledge production with the development of innovative practice concepts. The DBR research process begins with the following question: How can an aspired, initially vaguely formulated goal be reached by a yet to be developed design? As the research process progresses, interventions are developed, tested in the field, and evaluated. This process generates increasingly stable practice concepts for reaching the aspired goals through several iterative cycles and statements about the effectiveness of the intervention’s supporting pillars based on theoretical and empirical research. These statements are developed in the form of design principles. In this paper, we describe the characteristics that constitute design principles and how they emerge within a DBR research process.
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Design principles as bridge between scientific knowledge production and practice design
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the characteristics that constitute design principles and how they emerge within a design-based research process, and describe how to generate increasingly stable practice concepts for reaching the aspired goals through several iterative cycles and statements about the effectiveness of the intervention's supporting pillars.