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Professor Steven Higgins' Outputs (31)

Improving power calculations in educational trials (2023)
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Singh, A., Uwimpuhwe, G., Vallis, D., Akhter, N., Coolen-Maturi, T., Einbeck, J., Higgins, S., Culliney, M., & Demack, S. (2023). Improving power calculations in educational trials. Education Endowment Foundation

The aim of this study was to investigate and empirically derive parameters commonly used for statistical power and sample size calculations to better inform future trial design. Towards achieving this aim, the research project leveraged the richness... Read More about Improving power calculations in educational trials.

The Sutton Trust-Education Endowment Foundation Teaching and Learning Toolkit (2016)
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Higgins, S., Katsipataki, M., Villanueva-Aguilera, A., Coleman, R., Henderson, P., Major, L., …Mason, D. (2016). The Sutton Trust-Education Endowment Foundation Teaching and Learning Toolkit. [No known commissioning body]

The Sutton Trust-EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit is an accessible summary of educational research. It provides guidance for teachers and schools on how to use their resources to improve the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. The Toolkit currently... Read More about The Sutton Trust-Education Endowment Foundation Teaching and Learning Toolkit.

Supporting the attainment of disadvantaged pupils: articulating success and good practice: Research report November 2015 (2015)
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Macleod, S., Sharp, C., Bernardinelli, D., Skipp, A., & Higgins, S. (2015). Supporting the attainment of disadvantaged pupils: articulating success and good practice: Research report November 2015. [No known commissioning body]

The performance gap between pupils from more and less advantaged backgrounds in England is one of the largest among OECD countries (OECD, 2014). The pupil premium was introduced by the coalition government in 2011 to increase social mobility and redu... Read More about Supporting the attainment of disadvantaged pupils: articulating success and good practice: Research report November 2015.

Developing Great Teaching: Lessons from the international reviews into effective professional development (2015)
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Cordingley, P., Higgins, S., Greany, T., Buckler, N., Coles-Jordan, D., Crisp, B., …Coe, R. (2015). Developing Great Teaching: Lessons from the international reviews into effective professional development. [No known commissioning body]

The 2014 DfE consultation on A world-class teaching profession stated that “Feedback from the profession has consistently indicated that too many of the development opportunities on offer are of variable quality”.1 “Too often ‘CPD’ is viewed narrowly... Read More about Developing Great Teaching: Lessons from the international reviews into effective professional development.

Reading at the Transition (2014)
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Higgins, S., Katsipataki, M., & Coleman, R. (2014). Reading at the Transition. [No known commissioning body]

What makes great teaching? Review of the underpinning research (2014)
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Coe, R., Aloisi, C., Higgins, S., & Major, L. (2014). What makes great teaching? Review of the underpinning research. Sutton Trust

This report reviews over 200 pieces of research to identify the elements of teaching with the strongest evidence of improving attainment. It finds some common practices can be harmful to learning and have no grounding in research. Specific practices... Read More about What makes great teaching? Review of the underpinning research.

The Sutton Trust - Education Endowment Foundation Teaching and Learning Toolkit (2013)
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Higgins, S., Katsipataki, M., Kokotsaki, D., Coleman, R., Major, L., & Coe, R. (2013). The Sutton Trust - Education Endowment Foundation Teaching and Learning Toolkit. [No known commissioning body]

The Sutton Trust-EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit is an accessible summary of educational research which provides guidance for teachers and schools on how to use their resources to improve the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. The Toolkit currentl... Read More about The Sutton Trust - Education Endowment Foundation Teaching and Learning Toolkit.