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
Democracy and education: an introduction to the philosophy of education 1919	John Dewey	Education theory	Macmillan
Leadership matters: how leaders at all levels create great schools June 2016	Andy Buck	Leadership and governance Schools, teaching and management	John Catt Educational Ltd
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
There are no short cuts May 2004	Rafe Esquith	Pupil development and support	First Anchor Books
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
Much promise: Successful schools in England April 2017	Barnaby Lenon	Education policy	John Catt
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.
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
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
What kids are reading February 2018	Professor Keith Topping	Literacy and numeracy	Renaissance
Putting evidence to work; how can we help new teachers use research evidence to inform their teaching? October 2017	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education research Teaching/classroom practice Using education research	Teach First
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

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