Research Studies Of The Week

[Larry Ferlazzo]

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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.

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

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

Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics in Grades 3-6 Toolkit is from REL.

Daily autonomy, relatedness, and classroom engagement among Latino and White high school science students

Motivational profiles among high-ability students from a self-determination perspective: Stability, antecedents, and comparisons with average-ability students

“general education teacher turnover negatively impacts both groups and there is an outsized impact of special education teacher turnover on test scores for students with disabilities. Estimates of paraeducator turnover…are small & not statistically significant”

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— Paul Bruno (@paul-bruno.com) March 9, 2026 at 5:31 AM

It’s a first for the @uscedpolicyhub.bsky.social Substack – we are sharing brand new, original research results! @annarsaavedra.bsky.social, Amie Rapaport and I are looking into reasons for teen absenteeism using the Understanding America Study edpolicyhub.substack.com/p/the-driver…

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— Morgan Polikoff (@mpolikoff.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM

Social studies teachers: Give a read to this new study from Brad Maguth on the need for healthy skepticism and critical lenses in financial literacy courses (which are now required in many states).

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— Christopher Martell (@chrismartell.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 7:29 AM