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2026 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Educational Research Book of the Year

Closes 22 Jul 2026

This award celebrates the publication of educational research and is awarded to a scholarly book on education deemed to be high quality, engaging and innovative.

The predictive value of standardised test scores for future attainment: The impact of achievement level

In many countries, school evaluations take into account the average progress their students make on standardised tests relative to their peers. This is sometimes expressed as the value-added or...

Co-producing research with students: Exploring the impact of statistics anxiety in higher education

What is statistics anxiety and why is it important? Statistics anxiety encompasses a range of emotional, behavioural and cognitive symptoms when engaging with statistics (Onwuegbuzie & Wilson,...

Play and direct teaching in mathematics education: strengthened through supportive climate

In classrooms worldwide, teachers often ask: Do students learn best through playful exploration or direct teaching (see also Bächtold et al., 2024)? This question assumes a divide that may not...

EcoNiches of Learning

Neurodiversity in Mainstream Schools Grant Programme reports

Secondary science & maths classrooms as neuroinclusive environments

Right, what are we doing to help the children?

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Could socially just teaching align with trauma-informed practice to reduce anxiety for and achievement in mathematics?

Cognition and learning outcomes are known to be affected by childhood adversity (Lund et al., 2020) with trauma from sexual abuse categorised at the highest threat level and therefore linked to...

Want to know if your research has made an impact?

The impact your research has in the real world is of vital importance to researchers, to those who fund research and to those across the globe who benefit from your research findings. Research...

Mental health in STEM: When excellence masks distress

In science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) higher education, academic excellence is often equated with relentless performance. These high-pressure environments leave little room...

Call for Mathematics Education SIG Convenors

Two opportunities have arisen to become a SIG Convenor for Mathematics Education and help lead the SIG over the next 3 years.  The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Mathematics Education SIG aims to bring together...

Lessons learned from game-based learning in science education

Imagine entering a science classroom where rows of students sit in silence, eyes fixed on their notebooks as the teacher dictates line after line from the prescribed textbook. This is not an...

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog: Highlights of 2025

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog end of year highlights

Snow-dusted salutations and tinsel-tinged tidings to all our readers, authors, curators and guest editors around the globe. In this, the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog’s tenth anniversary year, I look back over the...