Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Careers education: international literature review July 2016	Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, Dr Anthony Mann, Dr Sally-Anne Barnes, Beate Baldauf and Rachael McKeown	Careers education View all	Warwick University - Institute for Employment Research
The effects of feedback interventions on performance: a historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory 1996	Professor Avraham Kluger and Doctor Angelo DeNisi	Education research Education theory Using education research +1 more	Psychological Bulletin
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
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
Mindfulness-based interventions for improving cognition, academic achievement, behaviour & socio-emotional functioning of primary & secondary students March 2017	Professor Brandy R Maynard, Professor Michael Solis, Veronica Miller, and Doctor Kristen E. Brendel	Pastoral care and wellbeing View all	Campbell Collaboration
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
Addressing achievement gaps with psychological interventions 2013	Doctor David Yeager, Doctor Gregory Walton and Professor Geoffrey Cohen	Education theory Pupil development and support View all	Kappan Magazine
Mind-set interventions are a scalable treatment for academic underachievement April 2015	Doctor David Paunesku, et al.	Pupil development and support View all	Association of Psychological Science
Do parental involvement interventions increase attainment? A review of the evidence. 2013	Professor Stephen Gorard, Doctor Beng Huat See	Performance and accountability	Nuffield Foundation
Creative writing in schools; literature review July 2017	Eleanor Bernardes, Loic Menzies	Curriculum/subject related	LKMco
Supporting mental health in schools and colleges - summary report August 2017	National Centre for Social Research, National Children's Bureau & Policy Team	Mental health	Department for Education (DfE)
To read or not to read: decoding synthetic phonics November 2013	Doctor Andrew Davis	Literacy and numeracy	Impact
Much promise: Successful schools in England April 2017	Barnaby Lenon	Education policy	John Catt
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
Making every lesson count: six principles to support great teaching and learning June 2015	Shaun Allison and Andy Tharby	Education theory	Crown House Publishing
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
Giving kids a fair chance 2013	Professor James Heckman	Education theory	Boston Review
Deliverology in practice: how education leaders are improving student outcomes August 2015	Sir Michael Barber, Nick Rodriguez and Ellyn Artis	Education theory	Corwin and Education Delivery Institute
The teacher's toolkit: raise classroom achievement with strategies for every learner April 2002	Paul Ginnis	Education theory	Crown House Publishing
Why school children can't read March 1997	Dr Bonnie Macmillan	Education theory	Institute of Economic Affairs

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