Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Critical thinking: why is it so hard to teach? June 2007	Professor Daniel Willingham	Learning styles and cognitive development View all	American Educator
Evidence based practice: a handbook for teachers 2016	Dr Gary Jones	Education research Teacher CPD Teaching/classroom practice +2 more	Centre for Evidence-Based Management (CEBMa)
Evaluation of the impact and implementation of Inspire Maths January 2015	Dr James Hall, Ariel Lindorff and Professor Pam Sammons	Curriculum/subject related International policy Literacy and numeracy +4 more	Oxford University Press
Understanding types of evidence: a guide for educators October 2016	Doctor Alexandra Resch, Gregory Chojnacki, Alma Vigil, Ignacio Martinez and Steve Bates	Education research Leadership and governance Professional development +3 more	Mathematica Policy Research
Modern foreign languages pedagogy review November 2016	Ian Bauckham	KS3 KS4 Languages +1 more	Teaching Schools Council (TSC)
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) December 2016	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	International policy Performance and accountability Science/(STEM) +1 more	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015 November 2016	The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement	Education research International policy Science/(STEM) +2 more	International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)
The effects of feedback interventions on performance: a historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory 1996	Professor Avraham Kluger and Doctor Angelo DeNisi	Education research Education theory Using education research +1 more	Psychological Bulletin
Overlearning hyperstabilizes a skill by rapidly making neurochemical processing inhibitory-dominant January 2017	Kazuhisa Shibata et al.	Education research Exam techniques Learning styles and cognitive development +1 more	Nature Neuroscience
Grammar schools in England: a new approach to analysing their intakes and outcomes December 2016	Professor Stephen Gorard and Doctor Nadia Siddiqui	Education policy Education research Social mobility / closing the gap +4 more	Durham University
Grammar schools and social mobility September 2016	Jon Andrews, Jo Hutchinson and Rebecca Johnes	Education policy Schools, teaching and management Social mobility / closing the gap +4 more	Education Policy Institute
Selective comprehensives 2017: admissions to high-attaining non-selective schools for disadvantaged pupils March 2017	Carl Cullinane, Jude Hillary, Joana Andrade and Stephen McNamara	Education research Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility +2 more	Sutton Trust
Multi-academy trusts February 2017	Members of the Education Select Committee	Education policy Inter-school collaboration System improvement and collaboration +2 more	House of Commons - Education Select Committee
Policy and research evidence in the reform of primary initial teacher education in England February 2017	Professor Olwen McNamara, Professor Jean Murray and Rebecca Phillips	Education policy Education research Professional development +2 more	Cambridge Primary Review Trust
Executive headship March 2017	Andy Buck, Karen Wespieser and Jennie Harland	Leadership and governance View all	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
The performance of partially selective schools in England March 2016	Karen Wespieser, Claudia Sumner, Jennifer Garry, Daniele Bernardinelli and Louis Coiffait	Education policy Education research Performance and accountability +4 more	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
Examining the impact of later high school start times on the health and academic performance of high school students: a multi-site study February 2014	Doctor Kyla Wahlstrom, et al	Behaviour Parental / community engagement Pastoral care and wellbeing +3 more	University of Minnesota - Center for Applied Research and Educational Development
Creating a culture: how school leaders can optimise behaviour March 2017	Tom Bennett	Behaviour Education research Teacher CPD +1 more	Department for Education (DfE)
This time, with feeling: integrating social and emotional development and college- and career-readiness standards March 2017	Doctor Hillary Johnson and Ross Wiener	Behaviour Character and non-cognitive development Pastoral care and wellbeing +4 more	Aspen Institute
The effect of prequestions on learning from video presentations 2016	Doctor Shana K. Carpenter and Alexander R. Toftness	Education research Learning styles and cognitive development View all	Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

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