Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Knowledge and the curriculum: a collection of essays to accompany E. D. Hirsch’s lecture at Policy Exchange September 2015	Jonathan Simons and Natasha Porter (eds.)	Assessment Curriculum planning Curriculum/subject related +2 more	Policy Exchange
Innovating pedagogy 2015 November 2015	Professor Mike Sharples et al	Education theory	Open University and SRI International
Impact of arts education on the cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of school aged children: a review of evidence November 2015	Dr Beng Huat See and Dr Dimitra Kokotsaki	Education theory	Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Understanding the success of London’s schools October 2014	Professor Simon Burgess	Education theory	Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO)
The class size debate 2002	Professor Eric Hanushek, Professor Alan Krueger and Professor Jennifer Rice	Education policy Education theory Pupil development and support +2 more	Economic Policy Institute
Talent is overrated: what really separates world class performers from everybody else 2008	Geoff Colvin	Education theory View all	Penguin Books
Finnish lessons 2.0: what can the world learn from educational change in Finland? 2015	Professor Pasi Sahlberg	Education policy International policy System improvement and collaboration +1 more	Oxford Education Press
Learning styles concepts and evidence 2008	Dr Harold Pashier, Mark McDaniel and Dr Doug Rohrer	Education theory	Psychological Science
A framework for character education in schools 2013	Professor James Arthur	Education theory	Birmingham University - Jubilee Centre
Improving education: a triumph of hope over experience 2013	Professor Robert Coe	Education theory	Durham University - Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring
Philosophy for children: an evaluation July 2015	Professor Stephen Gorard, et al.	KS2 Pupil development and support Social mobility / closing the gap +3 more	Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Formative assessment and contingency in the regulation of learning processes April 2014	Professor Dylan Wiliam	Assessment Using education research View all	American Educational Research Association
What are schools for? 2011	Professor Michael Young	Education theory	Educacao Sociedade and Culturas
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
Intelligence: all that matters June 2015	Dr Stuart Ritchie	Education theory	Hodder and Stoughton
The hidden lives of learners 2007	Professor Graham Nuthall	Education theory View all	New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER)
Visible learning for teachers: maximising impact on learning 2012	Professor John Hattie	Education theory View all	Routledge
Acceleration strategies for teaching gifted learners: the practical strategies series in gifted education 2005	Dr Joyce VanTassel-Baska	Pupil development and support Teaching/classroom practice View all	Prufrock Press
The Trivium in practice June 2016	Martin Robinson	Arts and humanities Education theory Teaching/classroom practice +1 more	Crown House Publishing
Education is upside-down: reframing reform to focus on the right problems October 2014	Eric Kalenze	Education policy Education theory Teaching/classroom practice +1 more	Rowman and Littlefield