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A resource that reports the results of research. A resource containing only a data set resulting from research should be assigned the resource type "Data Set."

• Intellectual Quality of Student Work in Chicago
  Researchers detect qualitative differences in the kinds of homework and classroom learning tasks assigned to students in Chicago classrooms.
• Measuring Instructional Quality in Accountability Systems: Classroom Assignments and Student Achievement
  The National Center for the Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) developed a series of indicators to help schools, districts, and states monitor efforts to improve the quality of education. This study created six indicators of classroom practice that influence student learning, based on their research.
• Research on Cooperative Learning and Achievement
  Robert E. Slavin Johns Hopkins University October 1995.
• Research Shows Homework Does Boost Academic Achievement
  The American Psychological Association issued this report in 1998. The authors stressed that an overemphasis on grades and performance may lead to cheating.
• Self-Efficacy Theory and Learning Environment Research
  This research paper looks and the relationship between the learning environment and student perceptions about their academic learning.
• Student Motivation to Learn
  This ERIC Digest authored by Linda S. Lumsden looks at some of the key findings of research on student motivation.
• Talk About Text: Changes in Content and Authority Structure in Peer Response Groups
  Talk About Text: Changes in Content and Authority Structures in Peer Response Groups (PDF) by Sarah J. McCarthy The literature on peer groups in writing suggests a variety of purposes for peer groupsdepending on teachers' and students' goals: (a) responding to writing, (b) thinking collaboratively,(c) writing collaboratively, and (d) editing writing.
• The Effects of Continuing Goal-Setting on Persistence in a Math Classroom
  Author: Pamela Meader Focus on Basics Volume 4, Issue A, March 2000.
• The Quality of Intellectual Work in Chicago Schools: A Baseline Report
  This study sought to make the connection between demanding student assignments, the production of higher quality work, and the impact on standardized, basic test scores. The study found that when teachers give more challenging assignments, students are more likely to perform at higher levels of achievement.