Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Fostering and measuring skills: improving cognitive and non-cognitive skills to promote lifetime success December 2014	Dr Tim Kautz, Professor James J. Heckman, Professor Ron Diris, Professor Bas ter Weel and Professor Lex Borghans	Assessment Character and non-cognitive development Early years and foundation stage +4 more	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Independent review of the teaching of early reading 2006	Sir Jim Rose	Education theory	Department for Education (DfE)
The early catastrophe: the 30 million word gap by age 3 2003	Professor Betty Hart and Dr Todd Risley	Education theory	American Educator
Learning styles concepts and evidence 2008	Dr Harold Pashier, Mark McDaniel and Dr Doug Rohrer	Education theory	Psychological Science
Skill formation and the economics of investing in disadvantaged children June 2006	Professor James Heckman	Early years and foundation stage Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility +2 more	Science Magazine
Parenting matters: early years and social mobility August 2011	Chris Peterson	Early years and foundation stage Parental / community engagement Social mobility / closing the gap +2 more	Centre Forum
The current state of scientific knowledge on pre-kindergarten effects April 2017	Pre-Kindergarten Task Force	Early years and foundation stage View all	Brookings, Duke Center of Child and Family Policy
Disadvantage, behaviour and cognitive outcomes: longitudinal analysis from age 5 to 16 March 2017	Haroon Chowdry and Tom McBride	Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility View all	Early Intervention Foundation
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
Children, their world, their education: final report and recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review October 2009	Professor Robin Alexander	Assessment Early years and foundation stage Education policy +3 more	Routledge
What your Nth grader needs to know 2008-2015	Dr E.D Hirsch, Jr	Curriculum planning Curriculum/subject related Early years and foundation stage +7 more	Core Knowledge Foundation
Superphonics training programme 1997-2016	Ruth Miskin	Early years and foundation stage KS1 KS2 +2 more	Hachette Childrens Books
The fourth education revolution: will artificial intelligence liberate or infantilise humanity? May 2018	Anthony Seldon	Learning styles and cognitive development Schools, teaching and management System improvement and collaboration +2 more	University of Buckingham Press