In design-based research, development processes run in cycles - phases of development and revision, implementation and evaluation, and analysis alternate. The development of the design is theory-driven. The results of the evaluation serve to expand existing theories or generate new ones. See for example: The Design-Based Research Collective (2003). Design-Based Research: An Emerging Paradigm for Educational Inquiry. Educational Researcher, 32(1), 5–8. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X032001005.
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