Papers & Articles We Love

Here is just a small sample of some of the articles and research papers that we have learned from.

Principles of Instruction

By Barak Rosenshine

The Science of Learning

By Deans For Impact

The Science of Early Learning

By Deans For Impact

Direct Instruction Follow Through Model: Design and Outcomes

By Siegfried Engelmann, Wesley Becker, Douglas Carnine, and Russell Gersten

Why Don’t Students Like School

By Daniel Willingham

Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work

By Paul Kirschner, John Sweller, and Richard Clark

Cognitive Load Theory: Research that teachers really need to understand

By John Sweller

Working Inside the Black Box: Assessment for Learning in the Classroom

By Paul Black, Dylan Wiliam, Christine Harrison, Clare Lee, and Bethan Marshall.

High Performing Primary Schools: What do they have in Common?

By Bill Louden

Ask the Cognitive Scientist Series: Do Manipulatives Help Students Learn?

By Daniel Willingham

Advancing Our Students’ Language and Literacy

By Marilyn Jager Adams

The Reading Brain is Taught, Not Born: Evidence from the Evolving Neuroscience of Reading for Teachers and Society

By Rebecca Gotlieb, Laura Rhinehart, and Maryanne Wolf

How Words Cast Their Spell

By Malatesha Joshi, Rebecca Treiman, Suzanne Carreker, and Louisa Moats

National Reading Panel (US) – Teaching Children to Read

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (US)

Teaching Reading: Report and Recommendations (Rowe Report)

Led by Ken Rowe

Short Changed: Preparation to Teach Reading in Initial Teacher Education

By Jennifer Buckingham and Linda Meeks

Failing to Teach the Teacher: An Analysis of Mathematics Initial Teacher Education

By Glenn Fahey, Jordan O’Sullivan, and Jared Bussell

Skim Reading is the New Normal: The Effect on Society is Profound

By Maryanne Wolf

Reading Comprehension Requires Knowledge of Words and the World

By E.D. Hirsch Jr.

Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity

By Adrian Ward, Kristen Duke, Ayelet Gneezy, and Marten Bos

There are many more incredible papers and articles out there for teachers, but this will definitely get you started 😊