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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Reversing underachievement among gifted secondary students 2013	Dr Beth Winton	International policy Learning styles and cognitive development Pupil development and support +2 more	University of Missouri
What really works in gifted and talented education June 2008	Professor Deborah Eyre	Learning styles and cognitive development Pastoral care and wellbeing Pupil development and support +1 more	Department for Education (DfE)
Evaluation of the City Challenge programme June 2012	Professor Merryn Hutchings et al	Inter-school collaboration Leadership and governance Regional / location differences +3 more	Department for Education (DfE)
School and college-level strategies to raise aspirations of high-achieving, disadvantaged pupils to pursue higher education January 2014	Professor Carole Leathwood et al	Careers education Post 16 & Apprenticeships Social mobility / closing the gap +3 more	Department for Education (DfE)
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
The problem solvers June 2016	Charles Leadbeater	Character and non-cognitive development Pupil development and support View all	Pearson Publishing
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
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

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