Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Beyond levels: alternative assessment approaches developed by teaching schools September 2014	Julie Lilly, Alison Peacock, Sue Shoveller and Dr d’Reen Struthers	Assessment View all	National College for Teaching and Leadership
The most able students: are they doing as well as they should in our non-selective secondary schools? June 2013	Ofsted	Education theory Social mobility / closing the gap Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) +1 more	Ofsted
Brain-based learning: more fiction than fact 2006	Professor Dan Willingham	Learning styles and cognitive development View all	American Educator
The class: living and learning in a digital age May 2016	Professor Sonia Livingstone and Dr Julian Sefton-Green	Education research Pupil development and support Teaching/classroom practice +1 more	New York University Press
Equations and inequalities: making mathematics accessible to all June 2016	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	International policy Literacy and numeracy Regional / location differences +4 more	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Analysis of academy school performance in 2015 June 2016	Jack Worth	Education policy Leadership and governance Schools, teaching and management +3 more	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and Local Government Association (LGA)
Top 20 principles from psychology for pre-K12 teaching and learning May 2015	Dr Joan Lucariello et al	Learning styles and cognitive development Teaching/classroom practice View all	American Psychological Association
School performance in multi-academy trusts and local authorities (2015) July 2016	Jon Andrews	Education policy Regional / location differences Schools, teaching and management +3 more	Education Policy Institute
Do teachers matter? Measuring the variation in teacher effectiveness in England October 2012	Helen Slater, Dr Neil M. Davies and Professor Simon Burgess	Performance and accountability Schools, teaching and management Teacher CPD +3 more	Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Much ado about grit: a meta-analytic synthesis of grit literature May 2016	Dr Marcus Credé, Michael Tynan and Peter Harms	Character and non-cognitive development View all	Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Does teaching experience increase teacher effectiveness? A review of the research June 2016	Tara Kini and Anne Podolsky	Schools, teaching and management Teacher CPD Teaching/classroom practice +1 more	Learning Policy Institute
Developing great teaching: lessons from the international reviews into effective professional development. 2015	Phillipa Cordingley, et al	Education research International policy Professional development +2 more	Teacher Development Trust (TDT)
Teacher professional learning and development: best evidence synthesis iteration December 2005	Professor Helen Timperley, Dr Aaron Wilson, Heather Barrar and Irene Fung	Education research International policy Professional development +4 more	New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER)
Developing behaviour management content for initial teacher training July 2016	Tom Bennett	Professional development Teacher CPD Teaching/classroom practice +1 more	Department for Education (DfE)
The pupil premium: next steps July 2015	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education policy Social mobility / closing the gap Social/welfare support +3 more	Sutton Trust and Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
The pupil premium: how schools are spending the funding successfully to maximise achievement February 2013	Ofsted	Education policy Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility +2 more	Ofsted
School leadership and student outcomes: identifying what works and why; best evidence synthesis iteration April 2015	Professor Viviane Robinson, Professor Margie Hohepa and Claire Lloyd	International policy Leadership and governance View all	Ministry of Education (New Zealand)
Building pathways: how to develop the next generation of transformational school leaders December 2013	Chris Bierly and Eileen Shy	Leadership and governance Teacher CPD View all	Bain and Company
Principles of instruction 2010	Professor Barak Rosenshine	Education research Learning styles and cognitive development Teaching/classroom practice +1 more	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Synthesis of IES-funded research on mathematics (2002–2013) July 2016	Dr. Nancy C. Jordan and Dr. Bethany Rittle-Johnson	International policy Professional development Science/(STEM) +2 more	Institute of Education Sciences

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