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LEARNING SCIENCES RESEARCH FOR TEACHING PROVIDES EDUCATORS WITH A FRESH UNDERSTANDING OF THE USE AND IMPLICATIONS OF LEARNING SCIENCES SCHOLARSHIP ON THEIR STUDIES AND PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION. A HIGHLY INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELD, THE LEARNING SCIENCES HAS BEEN EXPRESSLY FOCUSED ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING IN TODAY'S SCHOOLS. THIS INTRODUCTORY YET CUTTING-EDGE RESOURCE SUPPORTS GRADUATE STUDENTS OF TEACHING, LEADERSHIP, CURRICULUM, AND LEARNING DESIGN IN RESEARCH METHODOLOGY COURSES AS THEY ENGAGE WITH AND EVALUATE RESEARCH CLAIMS; INTEGRATE COMMON METHODS; AND UNDERSTAND EXPERIMENTAL, CASE-BASED, ETHNOGRAPHIC, AND DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH STUDIES. SPANNING THE LEARNING SCIENCE'S STATE-OF-THE-ART APPROACHES, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND DEVELOPMENTS, THE BOOK INCLUDES ROBUST, ACCESSIBLE COVERAGE OF TOPICS SUCH AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA, LEARNING ANALYTICS, VALIDITY AND INTEGRITY, AND MORE.