January 1st, 2014 | RESEARCH
Design-based research (DBR) is used to study learning in environments that are designed and systematically changed by the researcher. DBR is not a fixed “cookbook” method; it is a collection of approaches that involve a commitment to studying activity in naturalistic settings, many of which are designed and systematically changed by the researcher, with the goal of advancing theory at the same time directly impacting practice. The goal of DBR (sometimes also referred to as design experiments) is to use the close study of learning as it unfolds within a naturalistic context that contains theoretically inspired innovations, usually that have passed through multiple iterations, to then develop new theories, artifacts, and practices that can be generalized to other schools and classrooms.
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Sasha Barab, Author, Arizona State UniversityCitation
Identifier Type: DOI
Identifier: 10.1017/CBO9781139519526.011
Identifier Type: ISBN
Identifier: 9781139519526
Publication: The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences, Second Edition
Page(s): 151-170
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Discipline: Education and learning science
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