Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Collaborative overreach: why collaboration probably isn’t key to the next phase of school reform October 2015	James Croft	Education research Inter-school collaboration Leadership and governance	Centre for the Study of Market Reform of Education (CMRE)
Urban charter school study report on 41 regions March 2015	Margaret Raymond	Education theory	Stanford University - Center for Research on Educational Outcomes
The pupil premium: an update July 2014	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory	Ofsted
Understanding the success of London’s schools October 2014	Professor Simon Burgess	Education theory	Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO)
Academies and free schools 2015	Education Select Committee	Education theory	House of Commons - Hansard
What works for children and young people with literacy difficulties? The Effectiveness of Intervention Schemes 2013	Professor Greg Brooks	Education theory	Dyslexia-SpLD Trust
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
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
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)
Building pathways: how to develop the next generation of transformational school leaders December 2013	Chris Bierly and Eileen Shy	Leadership and governance Teacher CPD View all	Bain and Company
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
What works in classroom instruction August 2000	Robert J. Marzano, Barbara B. Gaddy, Ceri Dean	Education theory View all	Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)
Growth mindset, performance avoidance, and academic behaviors in Clark County School District April 2017	Jason Snipes and Loan Tran	Character and non-cognitive development View all	National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
To what extent and under which circumstances are growth mindsets important to academic achievement? March 2018	Victoria F. Sisk, Alexander P. Burgoyne, Jingze Sun	Education research Learning styles and cognitive development	Sage Journals
Make it stick: the science of successful learning April 2014	Peter C. Brown, Professor Henry L. Roediger and Professor Mark A. McDaniel	Assessment Character and non-cognitive development Curriculum planning +4 more	Harvard University Press
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
How to change 5000 schools: a practical and positive approach for leading change at every level 2008	Professor Ben Levin	Education theory	Harvard Education Publishing Group
How humans learn to think mathematically: exploring the three worlds of mathematics 2013	Professor David Tall	Education theory	Cambridge University Press
Mindset: the new psychology of success 2006	Professor Carol Dweck	Character and non-cognitive development Education theory Learning styles and cognitive development +3 more	Oxford Education Press
Studying teacher education: the report of the AERA panel on research and teacher education 2005	Professor Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Professor Kenneth M Zeichner	Education theory	Lawrence Erlbaum Associates