Linlin Li, Research Director with Learning and Technology at WestEd, develops and directs research and evaluations with local, statewide, and national agencies. Li has multiple years of experience in research, evaluation, and consulting, including key roles on cross-site, multi-year federally funded projects with mixed methods, experimental, quasi-experimental, or cross-sectional designs. Her research work focuses on the areas of developmental psychology, STEM and social–emotional interventions, and family engagement. Her recent work involves using interactive games to design and evaluate interventions for students living in poverty and at risk for academic difficulties. Li is a Certified What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) reviewer on both group design and single-case design and the director of methods on multiple U.S. Department of Education grants, including Investing in Innovation, Education Innovation and Research, and Ready to Learn grants.
Li holds an MA in educational and developmental psychology and a PhD in human development and family studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
- Early Childhood (Birth–Pre-K)
- Grades K–2
- Grades 3–5
- Grades 6–8
- Grades 9–12
- Computer Science and Technology
- Mathematics
- Research, Data, and Assessments
- Early Childhood Education
- Science and Engineering
- Social Emotional learning
- Quasi-experimental designs
- Randomized controlled trials
- Federal Agency
- Foundations
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