This issue of set puts the spotlight on self-regulated learning (SRL) which has been highlighted as one of the characteristics of effective teaching. Charles Darr gives an overview of the principles of SRL and looks at the challenges to teachers and students that this concept implies “… the challenge for ...

Specific phonological-based deficits may hinder student’s reading progress. This study found evidence for the presence of these deficits among a sample of older pupils with reading difficulties. Some implications for teaching practices are discussed.

A comprehensive study in 2003 looked at the extent, nature, and effectiveness of identification strategies and educational programmes for gifted and talented students. Key findings are highlighted, further questions raised are discussed, and classroom-based strategies from the international literature are explored.

This action-research project investigated the efficacy of negotiation and power sharing during a physical education unit in an alternative education programme for students at risk. The students preferred enjoyable learning experiences that took place outside the classroom and wished for greater responsibility and ownership for their own learning. Staff and ...

How is creativity defined and what are the implications for staff working in early childhood settings? In this article, Caroline Sharp considers evidence from research and theory as it applies to developing young children’s creativity and identifies some common myths about developing young children’s creativity.

How can theatre and education be combined to benefit pupils? In this article, Carey English and Pat Broadhead look at play-based learning and the growth of creativity in young children, as supported by theatre in the classroom and open-ended role-play materials.

The last few years have seen a burgeoning of official interest in educational research as the Ministry of Education espouses evidence-based policy making and teaching. A number of best evidence syntheses have been commissioned and published. These are encouraging trends even if the definition of best evidence is sometimes narrower ...

Outline of changes to the ARB website, designed to improve finding relevant and useful resources and their supporting information. 

Outlines components of formative assessment that are supported by the website.

While a wide variety of activities can contribute to students’ experiences of carrying out research, comments from secondary school students involved in the Learning Curves project suggest that many of them may conceptualise the process involving “information retrieval and repackaging”. Their experience may be that research is just another project, for ...

We start another year of set: Research Information for Teachers with a group of articles which highlight some of the newer angles of educational research, particularly the parent and student voice.