Designing Teaching Learning Sequences with Design Based Research: An emerging research line in science education

Abstract

For decades, design based research on Teaching-Learning Sequences has become an increasingly accepted line of research for the theoretical and empirical study of learning in the midst of complex educational interventions in the classroom. We begin with a brief review of the research tradition in Teaching-Learning Sequences in Science Education and its relationship to design-based research. Next, design-based research is described as a research methodology, that is, as a procedure that provides guidelines for research development. Finally, we discuss the key elements that define design-based research and what evidence is offered to support the achievements of this type of research.