Design-based research (DBR) evolved near the beginning of the 21st century and was
heralded as a practical research methodology that could effectively bridge the chasm …

To improve instructional practices–in schools, universities and in out of school settings has
been a major concern of science education research and development. The intensive …

Since its border crossing from the social sciences around 30 years ago, qualitative research
has been providing science education researchers with radically new perspectives for …

Desde hace unas décadas la investigación basada en el diseño de Secuencias de
Enseñanza-Aprendizaje se ha convertido en una línea de investigación cada vez más …

From the vantage point of knowledge transformations entailed in curriculum making, this
article seeks to contribute to a rethinking of the concept of powerful knowledge. It makes a …

This chapter is about research related to the teaching of science in the elementary school,
that is, to students from 5 to 12 years of age. This age range covers grades 1 to 6 or 7 in …

In this paper we put forward a proposal for the design and evaluation of teaching and
learning sequences in upper secondary school and university. We will connect our proposal …

The study we have carried out aims to characterize 15-to 16-year-old students' learning
progressions throughout the implementation of a teaching–learning sequence on the …

Background This work is based on the idea that young children benefit from early
introduction of scientific concepts. Few researches describe didactical strategies focusing on …

This study portrays recent research–practice connections found in 18 design research
reports focusing on the creation of instructional solutions. Solutions in different stages of …