Article: Scholarship of Teaching
The Importance of Literature Reviews and Frameworks in DBER Studies
CBE: Life Sciences Education
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It can be tempting to jump into a research design, but spending time reviewing the literature and choosing a framework can greatly enhance a study. Here's a useful article on those two aspects of the process.
To frame their work, biology education researchers need to consider the role of literature reviews, theoretical frameworks, and conceptual frameworks as critical elements of the research and writing process. However, these elements can be confusing for scholars new to education research. This Research Methods article is designed to provide an overview of each of these elements and delineate the purpose of each in the educational research process. We describe what biology education researchers should consider as they conduct literature reviews, identify theoretical frameworks, and construct conceptual frameworks. Clarifying these different components of educational research studies can be helpful to new biology education researchers and the biology education research community at large in situating their work in the broader scholarly literature.
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