2025’s Best Posts On New Education-Related Research Studies – So Far
Another day, another mid-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: More Research Finds That Language Matters, This Time When Discussing “Opportunity Gap” I Asked […]
Another day, another mid-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:
More Research Finds That Language Matters, This Time When Discussing “Opportunity Gap”
I Asked Google’s “Deep Research” To Provide A Summary On Student Motivation – Here’s What It Gave Me
The New “Live Handbook” Is An Incredible Education Research Resource
New Study Finds That “Student-Centered” Teaching More Effective…
More Evidence – If You Needed It – About Why Teacher/Student Relationships Are Important
Trump Cancels Most Of Education Research Financed By U.S. Department of Education
New Research Reinforces Old Research Finding That Peers Giving Advice Helps THEM
Interesting New Paper On The Ebb & Flow Of Discipline Issues During The School Year
This Is A VERY Interesting & Helpful (Especially To Teachers) Take On The Marshmallow Test
I Think “Open Scholar” Is A Good Example Of AI Helping Educators
Building a Stronger Case for Independent Reading at School is a useful study. I’m adding it to The Best Resources Documenting The Effectiveness of Free Voluntary Reading.
Edutopia has put all their best articles on research together in a site called “The Research Is In.” I’m adding it to The Best Resources For Understanding How To Interpret Education Research.
GAO Report: English Learners Benefit from Developing Both of Their Languages is from The Century Foundation.
Socioeconomic Status and Student Learning: Insights from an Umbrella Review is a very long new study whose primary purpose is unclear to me, but which, nevertheless, brings together an exhaustive list of studies describing outside-of-school factors that influence student learning. I’m adding it to The Best Places To Learn What Impact A Teacher (& Outside Factors) Have On Student Achievement.
Why Black Teachers Matter is a new research paper. I’m adding it to New & Revised: The Best Resources For Understanding Why We Need More Teachers Of Color.
I’m adding this excerpt from Edutopia’s email newsletter to The Best Posts On Helping Students Teach Their Classmates — Help Me Find More:
Sometimes a little peer pressure is a good thing, according to a 2024 study that evaluated the effect of peer-to-peer teaching on student brain activity.
One hundred university science students were recruited and fitted with futuristic caps studded with optical sensors capable of measuring neural engagement. The students were then given 10 minutes to digest a multimedia lesson about the Doppler effect before being randomly assigned to either reread the lesson, explain what they’d learned to a classmate, or explain what they’d learned to themselves.
Students who taught their classmates reported the highest levels of social anxiety, and experienced correspondingly high levels of activity in social and cognitive processing centers of the brain—but also performed the best on tests of the material, monitored their thinking more effectively, and included more “elaborative statements” and examples. Researchers hypothesized that the presence of peers made the difference, pushing kids to up their game and “adapt their explanations to the needs of the audience.”
Learning is social, especially for teens. To get the most out of them, periodically let them teach classmates or write letters of explanation to fictional peers.
