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Although controlled experimental studies and rigorous qualitative research have long been employed in Learning Sciences, LS researchers often utilize Design-Based Research methods.

Interventions are conceptualized and then implemented in natural settings in order to test the ecological validity of dominant theory and to develop new theories and frameworks for conceptualizing learning, instruction, design processes, and educational reform.

LS research strives to generate principles of practice beyond the particular features of an educational innovation in order to solve real educational problems, giving LS its interventionist character.