Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
Equations and inequalities: making mathematics accessible to all June 2016	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	International policy Literacy and numeracy Regional / location differences +4 more	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Briefing: metacognition August 2013	Greg Ashman	Education theory Learning styles and cognitive development Using education research +1 more	ResearchED
Critical thinking: why is it so hard to teach? June 2007	Professor Daniel Willingham	Learning styles and cognitive development View all	American Educator
Evidence based practice: a handbook for teachers 2016	Dr Gary Jones	Education research Teacher CPD Teaching/classroom practice +2 more	Centre for Evidence-Based Management (CEBMa)
Principled assessment design July 2014	Professor Dylan Wiliam	Assessment View all	SSAT
The impact of a professional development program on teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching, instruction, and student achievement January 2017	Robin Jacob, Heather Hill and Doug Corey	Science/(STEM) Teacher CPD View all	Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
Applying Cognitive Science to Education Thinking and Learning in Scientific and Other Complex Domains 2008	Professor Frederick Reif	Science/(STEM)	MIT Press
Where good ideas come from? The natural history of innovation 2010	Steven Johnson	Education theory	Penguin Books
Using positive psychology to enhance student achievement: a schools-based programme for character education 2015	Dr Tina Rae and Ruth MacConville	Education theory	Routledge
Creating innovators: the making of young people who will change the world March 2014	Dr Tony Wagner	Education theory	Scribner (Simon and Schuster)
Teaching notes from the front line 2014	Dr Debra Kidd	Education theory	Independent Thinking Press
Becoming mobius: the complex matter of education June 2015	Dr Debra Kidd	Education theory	Independent Thinking Press
Developing thinking skills in the primary classroom 2002	Professor Steve Higgins	Education theory	Occasional Paper: No 2 2002 ISBN 0-9538154-1-2
How humans learn to think mathematically: exploring the three worlds of mathematics 2013	Professor David Tall	Education theory	Cambridge University Press
Thinking, fast and slow 2011	Professor Daniel Kahneman	Education theory	Penguin Books
The secret of literacy: making the implicit, explicit 2014	David Didau	Education theory View all	Independent Thinking Press
Visible learning for teachers: maximising impact on learning 2012	Professor John Hattie	Education theory View all	Routledge
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
Cultural literacy: what every American needs to know 1987	Dr Eric D. Hirsch, Jr	Education theory View all	Vintage Books
Why don't students like school?: a cognitive scientist answers questions about how the mind works and what it means for the classroom 2009	Professor Dan Willingham	Education theory	Jossey-Bass

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