In addition to coordinating the standard evaluation of LT schools, the Research & Evaluation team at Pearson Learning Teams continues to design and conduct multiple research studies - qualitative evaluations for the specialized implementations, discourse analyses, and survey or focus group evaluations - in order to evaluate Learning Teams implementations over time and inform our understanding of collaborative learning and development.
Past and ongoing research studies examine factors associated with implementation and outcomes including the following:
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