There are several superb summaries of educational research that have been compiled into easily accessible websites and articles in pdf format that can be read online and shared with staff. Although they are easy to find via an internet search, I am pulling them together into one place for easy access. I’ll keep adding to it as I find things and when people make suggestions:
John Dunlosky: Strengthening the Student Toolbox
Barak Rosenshine: Principles of Instruction
Rob Coe et al: What makes great teaching.
Dylan Wiliam: 9 things every teacher should know- via tes
The article is here: https://www.tes.com/us/news/breaking-views/9-things-every-teacher-should-know – with a nice box inset about that researchers – many of whom are featured in the other summaries represented here.
James Ko et al: Effective Teaching
John Sweller’s Cognitive Load Theory, summarised by Oliver Caviglioli for How2.
Here’s another great paper from CESE in New South Wales on Cognitive Load Theory – with thanks to Matthew Benyohai: Summary on page 7 is very helpful.
Daniel Willingham’s Why don’t kids like school. Summary.
The Learning Scientists – downloadable materials
Yeager, Walton and Cohen: Addressing achievement gaps with psychological interventions.
Also, for quick reference:
Chris Husbands and Jo Pearce: Nine claims from research
American Psychology Association Top 20 Principles from Psychology
There’s a quick access summary of the 20 principles here:
Clark, Kirschner and Sweller – A readable version of their research into guided (and minimally guided) instruction.
Education Endowment Foundation report on Metacognition: by Professor Daniel Muijs et al .
Robert Slavin on Cooperative Learning – Group work – a short helpful summary via CUREE.