Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Schooling for money: Swedish education reform and the role of the profit motive December 2010	Gabriel Sahlgren	Education theory	Institute of Economic Affairs
Intergenerational effects of parents' math anxiety on children's math achievement and anxiety August 2015	Dr Erin A. Maloney, Professor Gerardo Ramirez, Professor Susan Levine and Professor Sian Beilock	Education theory	Psychological Science
Research evidence on free schools, closures and parental choice August 2010	Dr Rebecca Allen	Education theory	Centre for Market and Public Organisation (CMPO)
The early catastrophe: the 30 million word gap by age 3 2003	Professor Betty Hart and Dr Todd Risley	Education theory	American Educator
The ultimate teaching manual: a route to success April 2011	Gererd Dixie	Education theory	Continuum International Publishing Group
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
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
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
Do parental involvement interventions increase attainment? A review of the evidence. 2013	Professor Stephen Gorard, Doctor Beng Huat See	Performance and accountability	Nuffield Foundation
PISA 2015 results (Volume V): Collaborative problem solving November 2017	OECD	International policy	OECD
The smartest kids in the world: and how they got that way October 2013	Amanda Ripley	Education theory	Simon and Schuster
Creating innovators: the making of young people who will change the world March 2014	Dr Tony Wagner	Education theory	Scribner (Simon and Schuster)
What every parent needs to know: how to help your child get the most out of primary school 2014	Tony Young and Miranda Thomas	Education theory	Penguin Books
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
The bell curve: intelligence and class structure in American life 1994	Doctor Richard Herrnstein and Doctor Charles Murray	Education theory Learning styles and cognitive development View all	The Free Press
Great minds and how to grow them July 2017	Wendy Berliner and Professor Deborah Eyre	Learning styles and cognitive development View all	Routledge