Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Organising instruction and study to improve student learning: a practice guide September 2007	Dr Harold Pashler	Education research Exam techniques Learning styles and cognitive development +3 more	Institute of Education Sciences
Overlearning hyperstabilizes a skill by rapidly making neurochemical processing inhibitory-dominant January 2017	Kazuhisa Shibata et al.	Education research Exam techniques Learning styles and cognitive development +1 more	Nature Neuroscience
Grammar schools in England: a new approach to analysing their intakes and outcomes December 2016	Professor Stephen Gorard and Doctor Nadia Siddiqui	Education policy Education research Social mobility / closing the gap +4 more	Durham University
Grammar schools and social mobility September 2016	Jon Andrews, Jo Hutchinson and Rebecca Johnes	Education policy Schools, teaching and management Social mobility / closing the gap +4 more	Education Policy Institute
Selective comprehensives 2017: admissions to high-attaining non-selective schools for disadvantaged pupils March 2017	Carl Cullinane, Jude Hillary, Joana Andrade and Stephen McNamara	Education research Social mobility / closing the gap Supporting social mobility +2 more	Sutton Trust
Multi-academy trusts February 2017	Members of the Education Select Committee	Education policy Inter-school collaboration System improvement and collaboration +2 more	House of Commons - Education Select Committee
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
Executive headship March 2017	Andy Buck, Karen Wespieser and Jennie Harland	Leadership and governance View all	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
The performance of partially selective schools in England March 2016	Karen Wespieser, Claudia Sumner, Jennifer Garry, Daniele Bernardinelli and Louis Coiffait	Education policy Education research Performance and accountability +4 more	National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER)
Examining the impact of later high school start times on the health and academic performance of high school students: a multi-site study February 2014	Doctor Kyla Wahlstrom, et al	Behaviour Parental / community engagement Pastoral care and wellbeing +3 more	University of Minnesota - Center for Applied Research and Educational Development
Creating a culture: how school leaders can optimise behaviour March 2017	Tom Bennett	Behaviour Education research Teacher CPD +1 more	Department for Education (DfE)
The effect of prequestions on learning from video presentations 2016	Doctor Shana K. Carpenter and Alexander R. Toftness	Education research Learning styles and cognitive development View all	Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Governance handbook January 2017	Department for Education	Leadership and governance UK policy View all	Department for Education
Teacher merit pay and student test scores: a meta-analysis April 2017	Lam Pham, Tuan D. Nguyen, and Professor Matthew G. Springer	Education research Performance and accountability Schools, teaching and management +1 more	Vanderbilt University
Refocusing assessment March 2017	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Assessment View all	National Foundation for Educational Research
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
The impact of a professional development program on teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching, instruction, and student achievement January 2017	Robin Jacob, Heather Hill and Doug Corey	Science/(STEM) Teacher CPD View all	Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
What’s in a name? Expectations, heuristics and choice during a period of radical school reform April 2017	Professor Marco Bertoni, Professor Stephen Gibbons and Doctor Olmo Silva	Education policy View all	Centre for Economic Performance
Character education: a bibliography of recent research, reports and resources April 2017	Amanda Taylor	Character and non-cognitive development View all	National Foundation for Education Research
Tech transitions: UTCs, studio schools, and technical and vocational education in England’s schools May 2017	Craig Thorley	Assessment System improvement and collaboration Technology/ICT	Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

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