Developmental Research

Reeves, T. C. (2000). Enhancing the worth of instructional technology research through “design experiments” and other development research strategies. International perspectives on instructional technology research for the 21st century, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Writer convinces the researchers for the design experiments, developmental research in other words. It is a nice paper touching upon realities about instructional design research. Why there are so much "invaluable research" "research of its own sake" is explained clearly. I also deals with theory vs. practice issue. Developmental research is offered as a kind of solution to this well known problem.