‘Researching Education’ offers accessible summaries of recent research findings that concern educational practice. Articles are published online and written by the original research investigators. Subscription is open and free but most likely to appeal to practicing teachers. Subscribers receive periodic emails with topic headlines that link to the online article summaries. Content is managed by the University of Nottingham School of Education.

Issue 1 (v 1.1)

– Uninformative educational trials and their causes, Inglis, M.
– Teacher-student dialogue: What matters for student outcomes, Howe, C.
– Picturing learning: Primary school websites, Crook, C.
– Reciprocal Associations Between Students’ Mathematics Anxiety and Achievement, Aldrup, K.
– Upcycling and recycling memories of teachers, McGarr, O.

Issue 2 (v 1.2)

– Mixed-ability Maths Groups Influence Pupils’ Mindsets, Teachers’ Mindsets and Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices, Francome, T.
– Can Professional Development in the Early Years bring about improved outcomes for children?, Siraj, I. et
– How do children experience ‘ability’ in primary school?, Gripton, C.
– Come dine with me! School mealtime and ‘social learning’, Lalli, G.
– Swimming against the tide’: character education and the importance of recognition, Bates, A.

Issue 3 (v 1.3)

– Alexa, what are you? Why we should actively engage children in discussions about intelligent technologies, Festerling, J.
– Why size matters in MOOCs, Aadilla Rodriguez, B. & Armellini, A.
– Musical play in early childhood and links to prosocial behaviour., Cirelli, L.
– How images communicate inclusive education, Walton, E. & Dixon, K.
– Disabled children’s digital use practices for learning in mainstream schools. Cranmer, S.

Issue 4 (v2.1)

– The effect of modular education on school dropout. Mazrekaj, D. & De Witte, K.
– Maths anxiety interferes with learning novel mathematics contents in early elementary school, Tomasetto, C. et al
– Recruiting and retaining teachers: what works?, See, B. et al
– Effects of divergent thinking training on students’ scientific creativity: The impact of individual creative potential and domain knowledge, Sun, M. et al

Issue 5 (v 2.2)

– What can comics reveal about th life stories of pre-service childhood educators, McGarr, O. et al
– Interleaved Practice Improves Mathematics Learning, Hartwig, M. & Rohrer, D.
– Is attending a higher achieving school always beneficial for student learning?, Televantou, I. et al
– Choosing educational apps for pre-school children, Kolak, J. & Taylor, J.

Issue 6 (v 2.3)

– How gardening at school can tackle child obesity, Kahn, M.
– Student perceptions of learning to teach the foundation subjects, Whewell, E.
– Uninformative randomised control trials in educational research – a conversation, lnglis, M. & Crook, C.
– Nature and origins of mathematics difficulties in very preterm children – a conversation, Simms, V. & Inglis, M.

Issue 7 (v 2.4)

– What we really know about mathematical learning disability?, Mammarella, I.
– Parental engagement with mathematics homework, Williams, K. & Williams, H.
– Training teacher-researchers through collective supervision, Huang, R. et al
– Quantitative Ethnography’ : a perspective on educational research methods – a conversation., Shaffer, D. & Crook, C.

Issue 8 (v 2.5)

– Maths anxiety and mathematical achievement, Szcygiel, M.
– Creativity in education – and what twins can tell us about it? Toivainen, T. et al
– Does the choice of maths textbook make a difference?, Sievert, H. et al
– Conversation: (Reflexive) Thematic Analysis in qualitative research, Clarke, V. & Crook, C.
– Conversation: Has the method of experiment persistently failed educational inquiry?, Thomas, G. & Crook, C.

Issue 9 (v 2.6)

– Disabled children still face exclusion in PE, Gibbons, T. et al
– How do Education doctoral students understand university teaching?  Mimirinis, M. & Ahlberg, K.
– Why student absences aren’t the real problem in America’s ‘attendance crisis’?  Payne, J., Vaade, E. & Grodsky, E.
– A new approach to measuring academic underachievement, Mazrekaj, D, De Witte, K., & Triebs, T.

Conversation: Mark Rickinson on relationships around research use