This recommendation system will help you identify relevant literature in your field of study. In addition to conducting a traditional search based on your topic (option 1), this tool will also give you the opportunity of adding to the search your worldview (paradigmatic positioning as a researcher) (option 2), any theoretical frameworks informing your study (option 3), and/or the particular research approach and design that you are planning to use in your study or are interested in (option 4). Example: For instance, you could conduct a search on Positive Behavioral Interventions in Math Education," in the following ways:

  • Option 1:Include "Positive Behavioral Interventions in Math Education" in the "Research Topic Field." The recommendation system will conduct a tradition search based on your topic. The resource that you will find in the following link will help you properly define your topic: http://hopscotchmodel.com/steps/?target=Step-2
  • Option 2:Include "Positive Behavioral Interventions in Math Education" in the "Research Topic Field." Select in the dropdown menu the paradigmatic positioning that you hold as a researcher. For instance "Constructivism. "The recommendation system will conduct a search based on your topic, retrieving studies that have been conducted from a constructivist worldview. You can find information of the main WorldViews in the following link: https://hopscotchmodel.com/steps
  • Option 3:Include "Positive Behavioral Interventions in Math Education" in the "Research Topic Field." Select in the dropdown menu the paradigmatic positioning that you hold as a researcher. For instance "Constructivism." Include in the "Theoretical frameworks" field any framework related to your topic that you might be interested in. For instance, "Diffusion of Innovation Theory (Rogers, 1962)."The recommendation system will conduct a search based on your topic and theoretical frameworks, retrieving studies that have been conducted from a constructivist worldview.
  • Option 4: Include "Positive Behavioral Interventions in Math Education" in the "Research Topic Field." Select in the dropdown menu the paradigmatic positioning that you hold as a researcher. For instance "Constructivism." Include in the "Theoretical frameworks" field any framework related to your topic that you might be interested in. For instance, "Diffusion of Innovation Theory (Rogers, 1962)." Select from the "Research Approach & Research Design/Tradition" dropdown menus the particular qualitative, quantitative or mixed-methods design that you are more interested in. For instance "Quantitative/ Quasi-experimental Design." The recommendation system will conduct a search based on your topic and theoretical frameworks, retrieving studies that have been conducted from a constructivist worldview using a quantitative Quasi-experimental Design.


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Note: As of Today the system searches and retrieves studies from the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.