My Best Posts On New Research Studies In 2024 – Part Two

Another day, another end-of-year “Best” list.

Now, it’s time for research studies.

You can see all previous editions of this list, as well as all my ed research related “best” lists, here.

Here are my choices for the past six months:

New Study Shows Positive Impact Of Retrieval Practice, But Highlights Something Even More Important: The Value Of Explaining To Students WHY We Want Them To Do Things

Our School Has Three Out Of The Four Elements This Study Says Makes An “Effective” School

New Study Reinforces Past Findings: The Presence Of ELLs Can Help Everybody

The Most Important Studies Showing That VAM For Test Scores Is Not The Be-All, End-All Of Schooling

Big New Study Emphasizes Importance Of SEL Skills To Academic Achievement, But Its Comments On Genetic Connections Make Me Nervous

No One Is Going To Be Surprised That Research Finds ChatGPT Use Can Hurt Student Learning, But Study Misses Huge Point

New Growth Mindset Study Points Out – Again – Why Researchers Really Ought To Check With Teachers First

Yet Another Study Confirms That, Yes, Money Matters For Schools

Study Finds Teacher Leadership For The Win!

Another Study Shows Why I Have Little Patience For Researchers Who Say Teachers Should Use Reading Strategies Less

Study: Removing Police Officers From Chicago Schools Did Not Make The Sky Fall

Research Finds Long-Term Negative Consequences To School Closures For Economic Reasons

More Research Offers Caution About AI Adoption

Interesting New Study On AI’s Impact On Student Learning When They Use It, & It Isn’t Pretty

Many Tech Bros & Some Ed Researchers Focus On Low-Hanging Fruit When Teachers Need Help Reaching The Ones Most Difficult To Reach

How to Get Summer School Right (Hint: It’s Not Just About Academics) is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On The “Summer Slide”

REIGNITING LEARNING:STRATEGIES FOR ACCELERATING LEARNING POST-CRISIS – A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE is from USAID, and is decent. I’m adding it to The Best Resources About Accelerated Learning.

5 Popular Education Beliefs That Aren’t Backed by Research is from Edutopia.

Here’s a shocking (not!) finding: When Interventions Aim at Relationships, Academics and Attendance Improve

I’m adding this tweet to The Best Resources For Learning About Balanced Literacy & The “Reading Wars”:

For anyone who thinks the “science of reading” is settled, “Fact-checking the science of reading” by Rob Tierney (UBC) and David Pearson (UCB) will be unsettling: https://t.co/K3r0zVTX0N (pdf)

— Dylan Wiliam (@dylanwiliam) April 20, 2024

Effective writing instruction for students in grades 6 to 12: a best evidence meta-analysis is a new review. I’m adding it to THE BEST REVIEWS OF WHAT RESEARCH SAYS ABOUT EFFECTIVE WRITING INSTRUCTION. Here’s a slideshow summary of it’s conclusions.

Angela Duckworth on What the Research Says About Active Learning is from Ed Week. I’m adding it to The Best Research Demonstrating That Lectures Are Not The Best Instructional Strategy.

   Another day, another end-of-year “Best” list. Now, it’s time for research studies. You can see all previous editions of this list, as well as all my ed research related “best” lists, here. Here are my choices for the past six months: New Study Shows Positive Impact Of Retrieval Practice, But Highlights Something Even More Important: best of the year, research studies Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…