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Getting Started With Evaluating Impact: Further Reading

This document provides an introduction to evaluating the impact of educational initiatives and recommendations for further reading on the topic. It lists several guides and resources for conducting practitioner research, collecting and analyzing data, understanding effect sizes, and using evaluation strategies like case studies, observations, and formative assessments. Key references include books and websites focusing on topics like action research, reflective practice, randomized controlled trials, meta-analysis, and visible learning.

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Getting Started With Evaluating Impact: Further Reading

This document provides an introduction to evaluating the impact of educational initiatives and recommendations for further reading on the topic. It lists several guides and resources for conducting practitioner research, collecting and analyzing data, understanding effect sizes, and using evaluation strategies like case studies, observations, and formative assessments. Key references include books and websites focusing on topics like action research, reflective practice, randomized controlled trials, meta-analysis, and visible learning.

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Cambridge Professional Development

Getting started with Evaluating Impact

Further reading
Bassey, M. (1999). Case study research in educational settings. Buckingham, England: Open University
Press. Introduction to using the case study approach in education.

Baumfield, V., Hall, E., and Wall, K. (2013). Action research in education: Learning through practitioner
enquiry (2nd Edn.). London: Sage Publications Ltd. A guide to practitioner enquiry, with examples from
teachers and guidance on data collection methods.

Cambridge International Assessment Education - Getting started with assessment for learning
http://www.cambridgeinternational.org/teaching-and-learning/getting-started-with/

Cambridge International Assessment Education - Getting started with reflective practice


http://www.cambridgeinternational.org/teaching-and-learning/getting-started-with/

Cambridge International Assessment Education – Getting started with peer observation


http://www.cambridgeinternational.org/teaching-and-learning/getting-started-with/

Cambridge International Assessment Education – Cambridge Teacher Standards


http://www.cambridgeinternational.org/teaching-and-learning/school-leader-teacher-standards/

Churches, R. & Dommett, E. (2016). Teacher-led research: Designing and implementing randomised
controlled trials and other forms of experimental research. Camarthen, UK: Crown House Publishing. A
guide to all aspects of conducting RCTs in an education context.

Coe, R., Aloisi, C., Higgins, S., and Major, L. (2014). What makes great teaching? Available online at:
https://www.suttontrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/What-Makes-Great-Teaching-REPORT.pdf
Review of findings from over 200 evidence-based articles.

Cohen, L., Manion, L., and Morrison, K. (2017). Research methods in education (8th ed.). London:
Routledge. A guide to key data collection methods such as questionnaires and interviews.

Davis, L. (2017). ‘Understanding the impact of classroom practice on student progress’, In P. Ellis and L.
Harris (Eds.) Approaches to Teaching and Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 133-143.
An introduction to effect sizes.

Denscombe, M. (2017). The good research guide for small-scale social research projects (6 th Edn).
London: Open University Press. An introduction to strategies and methods for research.

Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/ The website


summarises research on education initiatives. The DIY evaluation tool gives a step-by-step approach to
generating effect sizes.

Gilchrist, G. (2018). Practitioner enquiry: Professional development with impact for teachers, schools and
systems. London: Routledge. An introduction to all aspects of practitioner enquiry, including case studies
from schools.

Hattie, J. (2009). Visible learning. London: Routledge. A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to
achievement.

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Hattie, J. (2012). Visible learning for teachers. London: Routledge. Key findings from Hattie’s slightly
updated project presented for teachers.

National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) https://www.nfer.ac.uk/ Website of a UK-based not-
for-profit organisation that produces and disseminates research on educational issues.

O’Leary, M. (2014). Classroom observation: A guide to the effective observation of teaching and learning.
Abingdon, UK: Routledge. An introduction to all aspects of observation, situated within the academic
literature, but also including practical techniques.

White, R., and Gunstone, R. (1992). Probing understanding. London: The Falmer Press. Techniques for
investigating students’ learning in detail.

Wiliam, D. (2016). Leadership for teacher learning. Florida, USA: Learning Sciences International. Includes
a critique of methods of meta-analysis, further explanation of the file-drawer problem and logic models.

Wiliam, D. (2018). Embedded formative assessment (2nd Edn.). Bloomington, IN, USA: Solution Tree
Press. A guide to methods of formative assessment, including eliciting evidence of learning.

Yin, R. (2018). Case study research (6th Edn.). Los Angeles: Sage. A guide to all aspects of case study
research, including use in evaluations (see Appendix B).

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