The EDRL research group works around a theoretical strain (embodied cognition), a methodological line (design-based research), and a disciplinary emphasis (mathematics). Thus, the laboratory hosts the full cycle of design-research projects that are geared to contribute to theory and practice of multi-modal mathematical learning and reasoning as well as to design theory.
H. Simon. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, (October 1996)Äs soon as we introduce “synthesis” as well as “artifice,” we enter the realm of engineering. For “synthetic” is often used in the broader sense of “designed” or “composed.” We speak of engineering as concerned with “synthesis,” while science is concerne.
V. Kaptelinin, K. Danielsson, and U. Hedestig. Paper presented at the First Kaleidoscope SIG CSCL Conference (Lausanne, Switzerland, October 2004), (2004)