Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Bringing words to life: robust vocabulary instruction (second edition) March 2013	Professor Isabel L. Beck, Doctor Margaret G. McKeown, Professor Linda Kucan	Early years and foundation stage	Guilford Publications
What does this look like in the classroom? Bridging the gap between research and practice September 2017	Carl Hendrick, Robin Macpherson	Teaching/classroom practice	John Catt Bookshop
To read or not to read: decoding synthetic phonics November 2013	Doctor Andrew Davis	Literacy and numeracy	Impact
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
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
Education forward: moving schools into the future October 2017	Professor Guy Claxton et al (edited by David Price, OBE)	Assessment Curriculum/subject related Education theory +6 more	Crux Publishing
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
How we learn: the surprising truth about when, where, and why it happens 2014	Benedict Carey	Education theory	Random House
A guerilla guide to teaching: the definitive resource for new teachers April 2007	Sue Cowley	Education theory View all	Continuum International Publishing Group
The knowledge: how to rebuild our world from scratch April 2014	Dr Lewis Dartnell	Education theory	Penguin Books
Becoming mobius: the complex matter of education June 2015	Dr Debra Kidd	Education theory	Independent Thinking Press
Visible learning: a synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement 2008	Professor John Hattie	Education theory View all	Routledge
The new IQ 2013	Dr Tracy Alloway and Dr Ross Alloway	Education theory	4th Estate
Reading reconsidered: a practical guide to rigorous literacy instruction February 2016	Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs and Erica Woolway	Literacy and numeracy View all	Jossey-Bass
What every teacher needs to know about psychology July 2016	David Didau and Nick Rose	Learning styles and cognitive development Teaching/classroom practice View all	John Catt Educational
Teach like a champion 2.0: 62 techniques that put students on the path to college February 2015	Doug Lemov	Performance and accountability Professional development Schools, teaching and management +3 more	Jossey-Bass
The bell curve: intelligence and class structure in American life 1994	Doctor Richard Herrnstein and Doctor Charles Murray	Education theory Learning styles and cognitive development View all	The Free Press
Computers and productivity: evidence from laptop use in the college classroom April 2017	Professor Richard W. Patterson	Learning styles and cognitive development View all	Economics of Education Review
Great minds and how to grow them July 2017	Wendy Berliner and Professor Deborah Eyre	Learning styles and cognitive development View all	Routledge

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