2024-06-132024-06-13https://labtecgc.udesc.br/dspace-lab-01/handle/hdl-lab-01-s01/3190In this paper, we propose that the emerging transformation of mathematics professional development from a practice-based to a research field would benefit from stronger connections to research on learning. In particular, we contend that design experiments represent a premier emerging methodology to study learning, and we argue that a better understanding of teacher learning through the use of design experiments in mathematics professional development can lead to improvement of mathematics professional development as both an area of practice and a field of research.application/pdfCopyright (c) 2013 Alexandria: Revista de Educação em Ciência e Tecnologiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article