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)
Impact of arts education on the cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of school aged children: a review of evidence November 2015	Dr Beng Huat See and Dr Dimitra Kokotsaki	Education theory	Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
The impact of non-cognitive skills on outcomes for young people 2013	Dr Leslie Gutman and Professor Ingrid Schoon	Education theory View all	Education Endowment Foundation (EEF)
Teaching character through subjects April 2016	Professor James Arthur et al.	Character and non-cognitive development View all	Birmingham University - Jubilee Centre
Flourish: a new understanding of happiness and well being 2011	Dr Martin Seligman	Education theory View all	New York Free Press
How children succeed: grit, curiosity and the hidden power of character January 2013	Paul Tough	Education theory View all	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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
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
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
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
Giving kids a fair chance 2013	Professor James Heckman	Education theory	Boston Review
Using positive psychology to enhance student achievement: a schools-based programme for character education 2015	Dr Tina Rae and Ruth MacConville	Education theory	Routledge
The road to character April 2015	David Brooks	Education theory	Random House
Thinking, fast and slow 2011	Professor Daniel Kahneman	Education theory	Penguin Books
Teaching character in the primary classroom April 2016	Dr Tom Harrison, Dr John Ryan and Ian Morris	Character and non-cognitive development Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) View all	Sage Publications
Helping children succeed: what works and why May 2016	Paul Tough	Character and non-cognitive development Social/welfare support Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) +1 more	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt