About 'Research of the Month'

Research of the Month is a series of research summaries on topics which we think will be of direct interest to teachers. We hope the format and content will enable teachers to decide quickly if the work is interesting and relevant to them and relate it to their own practice.

The aim of Research of the Month is to interrogate research on behalf of practitioners. We are selecting research that, in our view:

illuminates the complex tasks involved in teaching
enables teachers to see clearly whether there are links with their own pupils and practice, and what these are
provides detailed information about the particular teaching and learning processes in classrooms with which teachers can identify
is written and presented as accessibly as possible, in case teachers want to obtain and read the original text.

We select topics and areas of research that respond to teachers' and the GTC's priorities. However, it is not based on a review of all the research in a field.

Here is a complete list of the RoMs completed so far, classified according to five research themes:

Continuing professional development (CPD):
May 2008	How do specialists best support teachers' professional development?
December 2005	CPD	primary/secondary
February 2004	The impact of collaborative CPD	primary/secondary
May 2003	Teachers and school based research	primary/secondary
December 2002	Bringing teachers and researchers together

Curriculum:
February 2008	Strategies for improving pupils' writing skills
July 2006	Promoting quality in learning: does England have the answer?
September 2005	Secondary school maths	secondary
July 2005	EPPE Report - Pre-school education	primary/secondary
December 2004	Learning science	secondary
March 2004	Effective literacy teaching	primary
April 2003	Teachers of numeracy	primary
January 2003	Pedagogy in the early years	primary
February 2002	Inside the literacy hour	primary
March 2001	ICT	primary

Inclusion:
February 2007	Improving pupils' behaviour through multi-agency working
November 2005	SEN and inclusion	primary/secondary
January 2005	Alternative curriculum	secondary
November 2004	Primary school pupils with EBD	primary
November 2002	Gender differences	secondary
July 2002	Impact of study support	primary/secondary
May 2002	Positive alternatives to exclusion	secondary
September 2001	Making the difference	primary/secondary

Management of learning:
November 2006	Raising achievement through group work
March 2006	Leading staff development in primary mathematics
April 2005	Leading learning effectively	primary/secondary
October 2004	Grouping pupils and students	primary/secondary
May 2004	Impact of classroom support	primary
October 2002	Transfer from primary classroom	primary/secondary


Teaching and learning:
April 2008	Home-school knowledge exchange
November 2007	Transforming teaching and learning with ICT
October 2007	Promoting students' persistence in meeting learning challenges
July 2007	Teaching phonics effectively
June 2007	Identifying and supporting gifted and talented students
May 2007	'Reflection in action' and 'reflection on action': how do they help learning?
March 2007	Learning how to learn through assessment for learning
September 2006	Effective talk in the primary classroom
June 2006	Bruner's constructivist model	primary/secondary
February 2006	Parental involvement	primary/secondary
June 2005	Consulting pupils	primary/secondary
May 2004	Assessment for learning	primary/secondary
December 2003	The work of Vygotsky	primary/secondary
June 2001	Improving teaching through cognitive intervention	secondary
May 2001	Raising standards through classroom assessment	primary/secondary


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