Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Mind over matter November 2015	Louis Reynolds and Jonathan Birdwell	Education theory	Demos
Measuring mathematical resilience: an application of the construct of resilience to the study of mathematics 2013	Professor Sue Johnston Wilder	Education theory	Warwick University
Getting gritty with it October 2015	Dr Christina Hinton and Dr Carl Hendrick	Education theory	Wellington College and Harvard Graduate School of Education
A curriculum for life: the case for statutory PSHE education October 2015	Joe Hyman	Social/welfare support View all	Personal Social and Health Education (PSHE) Association
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
Mental health and behaviour in schools March 2016	Department for Education	Mental health Pastoral care and wellbeing Pupil development and support +3 more	Department for Education (DfE)
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
Promoting emotional health, wellbeing and resilience in primary schools February 2016	Professor Robin Banerjee, Professor Colleen McLaughlin, Jess Cotney, Dr Lucy Roberts and Celeste Peereboom	Character and non-cognitive development Pastoral care and wellbeing View all	Public Policy Institute for Wales
The problem solvers June 2016	Charles Leadbeater	Character and non-cognitive development Pupil development and support View all	Pearson Publishing
The most able students: are they doing as well as they should in our non-selective secondary schools? June 2013	Ofsted	Education theory Social mobility / closing the gap Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) +1 more	Ofsted
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
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
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
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)
Using positive psychology to enhance student achievement: a schools-based programme for character education 2015	Dr Tina Rae and Ruth MacConville	Education theory	Routledge
Four-dimensional education: the competencies learners need to succeed October 2015	Charles Fadel, Maya Bialik and Bernie Trilling	Education theory	Center for Curriculum Redesign (CCR)
Teacher Toolkit September 2015	Ross Morrison McGill	Education theory	Bloomsbury Publishing