ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the transparency in how the researchers constructed their studies and made visible their logic-of-inquiry and its iterative and recursive nature in the process of conducting the research. As artifacts, texts have the potential to make visible what counts as valued and appropriate ways of constructing knowledge, doing research, writing, and representing the research processes that make visible particular aspects of the work of students and teachers in educational settings. Research is a systematic way of examining phenomena and constructing knowledge about those phenomena. As such, research involves researcher actions that are shaped by and shape researcher interests, social, political, theoretical, historical, disciplinary, and interpersonal experiences, knowledge, intentions, and ways of conceptualizing and examining phenomena of interest. Determining what to study involves conceptualizing a phenomenon, formulating a research question, and selecting a research site and gaining access.
