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Design-Based Research Methods


Course Description

History and application of design-based research principles. Iterative design of an innovative artifact appropriate for addressing educational problems, identifying relationships between the artifact’s design principles, and local theory based on empirical evidence.


Athena Title

Design-Based Research Methods


Equivalent Courses

Not open to students with credit in EDIT 8290


Non-Traditional Format

This course will be taught 95% or more online.


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

Participants will: 1. Review the literature on design-based research (DBR) 2. Identify the major principles associated with DBR 3. Identify a problem topic appropriate for DBR 4. Identify one or more theories that explain and could help address that problem 5. Design and revise a prototype intervention addressing that problem using DBR principles and procedures 6. Create a logic model indicating the relationships among theory, enactment of that theory, and theoretical outcomes anticipated from the intervention 7. Develop a proposal for a design-based research agenda


Topical Outline

Topical Outline: I. Understanding Design II. Overview of Design-Based Research Principles III. History and Seminal Writing in Design-Based Research IV. Examples of Design-Based Research V. Doing Design-Based Research


Syllabus


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