Category: IEE Blog
What’s been most popular in Best Evidence in Brief?
Over Christmas we published our favourite Best Evidence in Brief studies from 2017. But what have our subscribers found most interesting? In this blog post we reveal the top ten most-read studies.
E4I focus on ReflectED
We continue our look at some of the interventions included in Evidence4Impact this week with a focus on ReflectED – a programme developed by Rosendale Primary School to improve pupil’s metacognition.
Achieve3000
Over the next few weeks we will be taking a closer look at some of the educational interventions that are included on the Evidence 4 Impact (E4I) website, starting with Achieve3000 which has been rated as strong for secondary reading.
What is Evidence 4 Impact, and how does it work?
Evidence 4 Impact (E4I) is a website from the Institute for Effective Education supporting educators in using evidence-based practice in order to improve outcomes for children. A new version of the site is now live.
12 studies of xmas
This was the fifth year of our #12studiesofxmas and it presented a challenge.
Mostly ‘armless: The Literacy Octopus and what it takes to change school practice
The Education Endowment Foundation has published the results of its Literacy Octopus trial, which looked at the impact of research dissemination on achievement in schools.
Book review: The Trials of Evidence-based Education
Book Review: The Trials of Evidence-based Education: The Promises, Opportunities and Problems of Trials in Education, by Stephen Gorard, Beng Huat See and Nadia Siddiqui
Education research and a load of old cobblers
Inspired by Susie Dent’s origins of words section in the TV show Countdown, Jonathan Haslam writes about the appropriate use of evidence, and not being an ultracrepidarian.
What can we measure?
This was the topic that I took for a #UKEdResChat I hosted. (Thanks to Karen Weispeiser and Rob Webster for the invitation and support.) It’s a subject that’s been bothering me for a while. Here’s why:
An update on Innovation Evaluation projects
Here at the Institute for Effective Education, we are really excited about the Innovation Evaluation projects that we are funding. We have completed our second application round and are now supporting nine evaluations in schools across England.
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