Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Assessment in education: principles, policy & practice July 2017	Professor Dylan Wiliam et al	Assessment	Routledge, Taylor and Frances
PISA 2015 results (Volume V): Collaborative problem solving November 2017	OECD	International policy	OECD
To read or not to read: decoding synthetic phonics November 2013	Doctor Andrew Davis	Literacy and numeracy	Impact
Making things hard on yourself, but in a good way: creating desirable difficulties to enhance learning 2011	Elizabeth L. Bjork; Robert Bjork	Teaching/classroom practice	Psychology and the Real World, New York: Worth Publishers.
A marked improvement? A review of the evidence on written marking April 2016	Victoria Elliott, Jo Anne Baird, et al.	Schools, teaching and management	Education Endowment Foundation
Memorable teaching: leveraging memory to build deep and durable learning in the classroom (high impact teaching) April 2017	Peps Mccrea	Teaching/classroom practice	Peps Mccrea
A digital divide? Randomised evidence on the impact of computer-based assessment in PISA January 2018	Professor John Jerrim	Assessment System improvement and collaboration Technology/ICT +1 more	Centre for Education Economics
Putting evidence to work: a school's guide to implementation February 2018	Professor Jonathan Sharples, Bianca Albers and Stephen Fraser	Leadership and governance Schools, teaching and management System improvement and collaboration	Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
What kids are reading February 2018	Professor Keith Topping	Literacy and numeracy	Renaissance
Deliberate practice and performance in music, games, sports, education and professions: a meta-analysis July 2014	Brooke N Macnamara, David Z Hambrick, Frederick L Oswald	Arts and humanities Curriculum/subject related Sport and physical education	Sage Publications
To what extent and under which circumstances are growth mindsets important to academic achievement? March 2018	Victoria F. Sisk, Alexander P. Burgoyne, Jingze Sun	Education research Learning styles and cognitive development	Sage Journals
Research and policy in education evidence, ideology and impact February 2016	Professor Geoff Whitty, et al.	Education policy Education research Education theory +3 more	University College London - Centre for Longitudinal Studies
Make it stick: the science of successful learning April 2014	Peter C. Brown, Professor Henry L. Roediger and Professor Mark A. McDaniel	Assessment Character and non-cognitive development Curriculum planning +4 more	Harvard University Press
Bounce: the myth of talent and the power of practice April 2010	Matthew Syed	Character and non-cognitive development Education theory Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) +1 more	Harper Collins Publishing
So much reform, so little change; the persistence of failure in urban schools April 2008	Professor Charles M. Payne	Education theory	Harvard Education Publishing Group
Children, their world, their education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review October 2009	Professor Robin Alexander	Assessment Early years and foundation stage Education policy +3 more	Routledge
Inside/outside: teacher research and knowledge (language and literacy) 1993	Professor Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Professor Susan L. Lytle	Education theory Literacy and numeracy	Teachers College Press
How we learn: the surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens 2014	Benedict Carey	Education theory	Random House
Giving kids a fair chance 2013	Professor James Heckman	Education theory	Boston Review
Using positive psychology to enhance student achievement: a schools-based programme for character education 2015	Dr Tina Rae and Ruth MacConville	Education theory	Routledge

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