Design-Based Research in Education

Effective research in educational settings requires collaboration between researchers and school-based practitioners to codesign instruction and assessment, analyze findings to inform subsequent iterations, and make thoughtful revisions. This innovative reference and course text examines the theory and practice of design-based research (DBR), an important methodology for conducting studies in authentic educational contexts. Leading experts provide specific examples of high-quality DBR addressing different research foci, grade levels, and subject areas (literacy/English language arts, math, and science). Applications are presented for curriculum development, intervention, assessment, and digital contexts, as well as teaching second-language learners. Also addressed is DBR’s role in educator preparation, professional development, dissertation research, and technical education.

I. Understanding Design-Based Research
1. Design-Based Research in Educational Settings: Motivations, Crosscutting Features, and Considerations for Design, Melissa Campanella & William R. Penuel
2. Addressing Publication Challenges in Design-Based Research, Margret Hjalmarson, Allison Ward Parsons, Seth A. Parsons, & Amy C. Hutchison
II. Design-Based Research and Curriculum Development
3. Combining Curriculum and Teacher Development through Design Research, Jan van den Akker & Nienke Nieveen
4. Curriculum Development in Science, Kalle Juuti & Jari Lavonen
5. Classroom Design-Based Research: Designing for Proportional Reasoning in Mathematics Education, Michelle Stephan
6. Curriculum Development of Reading and Writing in the Middle Grades, Zoi A. Philippakos & Charles A. MacArthur
III. Design-Based Research and Specific Applications
7. Literacy Is Transformative: Secondary Reading Interventions Using Design-Based Research, Alejandro Gonzalez, Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, & Diane Lapp
8. Collaborative Design to Support Digital Literacies across the Curriculum, Kelly Chandler-Olcott, Sharon Dotger, Kathleen A. Hinchman, Heather Waymouth, & Keith O. Newvine
9. Multilingual Students and Design-Based Research: Developing Opportunities in Partnerships, Ryan McCarty, Tim Pappageorge, & Claudia Rueda-Alvarez
10. Using Design-Based Research to Develop a Formative Assessment Tool, Kristi Tamte Bergeson
IV. Design-Based Research and Teacher-Researchers
11. Professional Development on Genre-Based Strategy Instruction on Writing, Zoi A. Philippakos
12. Improving Disciplinary Literacy Teaching: A Formative Experiment Exploring Professional Development in Disciplinary Settings, Phillip Wilder, Emily Howell, Lorraine Jacques, Susan Cridland-Hughes, & Mary-Celeste Schreuder
13. Purposeful Clinical Practices in Teacher Preparation through Design-Based Research, Anthony Pellegrino
14. Graduate Students Writing Design-Based Research Dissertations, Susan McKenney & Thomas Reeves
15. Fostering Techno-Mathematical Literacies in Higher Technical Education: Reflections on Challenges and Successes of Design-Based Implementation Research, Nathalie J. van der Wal, Arthur Bakker, Albert Moes, & Paul Drijvers
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