Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
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
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)
What does this look like in the classroom? Bridging the gap between research and practice September 2017	Carl Hendrick, Robin Macpherson	Teaching/classroom practice	John Catt Bookshop
A marked improvement? A review of the evidence on written marking April 2016	Victoria Elliott, Jo Anne Baird, et al.	Schools, teaching and management	Education Endowment Foundation
Bounce: the myth of talent and the power of practice April 2010	Matthew Syed	Character and non-cognitive development Education theory Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) +1 more	Harper Collins Publishing
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
Reflective teaching in schools 2014	Professor Andrew Pollard et al	Education theory	Bloomsbury Publishing
Giving kids a fair chance 2013	Professor James Heckman	Education theory	Boston Review
The smartest kids in the world: and how they got that way October 2013	Amanda Ripley	Education theory	Simon and Schuster
What great teachers do differently: 17 things that matter most 2013	Dr Todd Whitaker	Education theory	Routledge
Active learning through formative assessment November 2008	Shirley Clarke	Education theory	Hodder Education
Embedded formative assessment 2011	Professor Dylan Wiliam	Education theory	Solution Tree Press
Progressively worse: the burden of bad ideas 2014	Robert Peal	Education theory	Civitas
The schools we need - and why we don't have them 1996	Dr Eric D. Hirsch, Jr	Education theory View all	Doubleday - Penguin Random House
Visible learning: a synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement 2008	Professor John Hattie	Education theory View all	Routledge
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
Building a better teacher: how teaching works (and how to teach it to everyone) 2014	Elizabeth Green	Education theory	W W Norton and Company
Leverage leadership: a practical guide to building exceptional schools July 2012	Paul Bambrick-Santoyo and Brett Peiser	Leadership and governance Schools, teaching and management System improvement and collaboration +1 more	Jossey-Bass
The A Level mindset: 40 activities for transforming student commitment, motivation and productivity March 2016	Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin	KS5 Pupil development and support Teaching/classroom practice +1 more	Crown House Publishing
Leadership for teacher learning: creating a culture where all teachers improve so that all students succeed February 2016	Professor Dylan Wiliam	Education research Performance and accountability Professional development +3 more	Learning Sciences International (LSI)

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