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):

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM

Why so few Americans read for pleasure wapo.st/475WU6U gift link

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— Larry Ferlazzo (@larryferlazzo.bsky.social) August 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM

I’m adding this next post to The Best Resources On The Importance Of Building Positive Relationships With Students:

New review of meta-analyses on the effect of S-T relationships shows large sig relations with 8 clusters of S outcomes: acad ach, acad emotions, student behavior, beh problems, exec funct, motiv, school belonging and engagement, & well-being. psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-…

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— Dan Willingham (@dtwuva.bsky.social) August 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM

Across subjects and grades (6th-college) prequestions improve learning–new evidence from real classrooms (open) psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202…

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— Dan Willingham (@dtwuva.bsky.social) August 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM

I’m adding this tweet to THE BEST RESOURCES ON PEER TUTORS:

Situated peer-assisted learning: one-on-one peer tutoring with EFL low-achievershttps://t.co/QCgOObGZH0 pic.twitter.com/eDWWAAWchV

— Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching (@InnovationLLT) August 31, 2025