Research Summaries Database

Access our comprehensive repository of peer-reviewed educational research summaries.

Title	Author	Category	Publisher
What works clearinghouse 2002	Various authors	Education theory	Institute of Education Sciences
Governors' handbook: for governors in maintained schools, academies and free schools January 2015	Department for Education	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
What works for gifted and talented pupils 2003	Dr Felicity Fletcher-Campbell, Kate Ridley and Kerensa White	Education theory	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and Local Government Association (LGA)
A framework for character education in schools 2013	Professor James Arthur	Education theory	Birmingham University - Jubilee Centre
Good career guidance 2014	Sir John Holman	Education theory	The Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Enhancing primary mathematics teaching 2012	Professor Ian Thompson, Professor David Burghes, Dr Tibor Szalontai and Masataka Koyama	Education theory	Oxford Education Press
The best evidence encyclopedia 2016	Various	Education research Education theory Using education research +1 more	John Hopkins University
What works best: evidence-based practices to help improve New South Wales student performance March 2015	Various	Education research International policy Performance and accountability +2 more	New South Wales Government - Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation
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
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
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
A guerilla guide to teaching: the definitive resource for new teachers April 2007	Sue Cowley	Education theory View all	Continuum International Publishing Group
Not quite a teacher: target practice for beginning teachers February 2011	Tom Bennett	Education theory	Continuum International Publishing Group
Intelligence: all that matters June 2015	Dr Stuart Ritchie	Education theory	Hodder and Stoughton
Teaching today November 2014	Geoff Petty	Education theory	Oxford University Press
Classroom observation: a guide to the effective observation of teaching and learning January 2014	Dr Matt O'Leary	Performance and accountability Professional development Schools, teaching and management +2 more	Routledge
Why knowledge matters: rescuing our children from failed educational theories September 2016	Dr Eric D. Hirsch, Jr	Curriculum planning Education policy Education research +4 more	Harvard Education Publishing Group
Perspectives on assessment and evaluation in international education April 2017	Doctor Mary Hayden and Professor Jeff Thompson	Assessment International policy View all	John Catt Publications
Cognitive load theory March 2011	Professor John Sweller, Professor Paul Ayres and Professor Slava Kalyuga	Education theory View all	Springer
Careers work in England’s schools: politics, practices and prospects July 2017	Doctor Deirdre Hughes	Careers education View all	British Journal of Guidance & Counselling