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I often write about research studies from various fields and how they can be applied to the classroom. I write individual posts about ones that I think are especially significant, and will continue to do so. However, so many studies are published that it’s hard to keep up. So I’ve started writing a “round-up” of some of them each week or every other week as a regular feature.

By the way, you might also be interested in MY BEST POSTS ON NEW RESEARCH STUDIES IN 2021 – PART TWO.

You can see all my “Best” lists related to education research here.

Here are some new useful studies (and related resources):

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

Assessment to Inform Teaching and Learning looks useful.

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.

Designing Writing Prompts to Elicit Students’ Historical Thinking is a useful study.

When schools experimented with $10,000 pay hikes for teachers in hard-to-staff areas, the results were surprising is from The Hechinger Report.