Journalistic translation research goes global: theoretical and methodological considerations five years on

Playware Research – Methodological Considerations

Several sub-disciplines of engineering are driven by the researchers’ aim of providing positive change to the society through their engineering. These researchers are challenged by the traditional research method of experimental research with a waterfall model which demands clearly defined project definition and functional requirements, and impose a sequential processes leading to the final sys...

Elutriation: Theoretical Considerations and Methodological Improvements

The conventional elutriation method used for separating meiofauna and sediment yields insufficiently correct quantitative results. A critical evaluation of the physical background of this method leads to the construction of a differently shaped separation funnel and to improvements allowing better controlled, gradual variations in waterflow velocity and sieve mesh sizes. Comparative tests of th...

Theoretical and methodological considerations in cross-generational research on parenting and child aggressive behavior.

The four studies in this special issue represent important advances in research on the intergenerational transmission of aggressive behavior. In this commentary, we review the key features and findings of these studies, as well as our own cross-generational study of aggression, the Columbia County Longitudinal Study. Next, we consider important theoretical issues (e.g., defining and operational...

Global health diplomacy: five years on.

Design Research: Theoretical and Methodological Issues

The term “design experiments” was introduced in 1992, in articles by Ann Brown (1992) and Allan Collins (1992). Design experiments were developed as a way to carry out formative research to test and refine educational designs based on principles derived from prior research. More recently the term design research has been applied to this kind of work. In this article, we outline the goals of des...