Research Studies Of The Week

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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):

Peer cooperation and competition are both positively linked with mastery-approach goals: An achievement goal perspective

Research Bite #30: Students’, Teachers’, and Parents’ Knowledge About and Perceptions of Learning Strategies is from Tips For Teachers.

I’m adding this post to The Best Resources On Which Is Best – Reading Digitally Or Reading Paper?:

Digital reading creates two entirely different experiences: routine task for skilled readers, complex problem for struggling ones. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti…

— Carl Hendrick (@carlhendrick.substack.com) June 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM

The Long-Term Effects of Grade Retention: Evidence on Persistence through High School and College is a new paper I’m adding to The Best Resources For Learning About Grade Retention, Social Promotion & Alternatives To Both.

This is interesting,and it also highlights a big problem I find in much education research- we know a lot of things can help students learn; the big question, though, is how do we create the conditions so they feel like doing them? https://t.co/1m3hzIse8R

— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) July 2, 2025