Reports

These are reports published by the Foundation. The list is in date order. It does not include publications published by grant-holders.

Most of the reports listed are also available in hard copy. To order, email fbright@nuffieldfoundation.org

Mathematics in A level assessments: a report on the mathematical content of A level assessments in Business Studies, Computing, Economics, Geography, Psychology and Sociology

April 2012

Social trends and mental health: introducing the main findings from the Changing Adolescence Programme

Ann Hagell, March 2012

Global grant-making: a review of UK foundations' funding for international development

Cathy Pharoah and Lynda Bryant, November 2011

Young witnesses in criminal proceedings: A progress report in Measuring up?

Joyce Plotnikoff and Richard Woolfson, Lexicon Limited, Nuffield Foundation, June 2011.

Is the UK an outlier? An international comparison of upper secondary mathematics education

Dr Jeremy Hodgen and David Pepper, King’s College London; Linda Sturman and Graham Ruddock from the National Foundation for Educational Research, Nuffield Foundation 2010

We have also published the evidence base for the report:

An international comparison of upper secondary mathematics: 24 Country Profiles

Capacity for change: A review of the Nuffield foundation Commonwealth Programme

Sarah Lock, Nuffield Foundation 2010

Evidence for accountability: using evidence in the audit, inspection and scrutiny of UK government

Dr Ruth Levitt, Professor Steve Martin, Professor Sandra Nutley and William Solesbury, Nuffield Foundation 2010

Values and variables: Mathematics education in high-performing countries

Mike Askew, Jeremy Hodgen, Sarmin Hossain and Nicola Bretscher, Nuffield Foundation 2010

Assessing Ethics in Secondary Science

M Reiss, Nuffield Foundation 2009

Time Trends in Adolescent Well-being: Update December 2009

Dr Ann Hagell, Nuffield Foundation 2009

An invisible revolution? Applied Science in the 14-19 curriculum

Jim Donnelly, Nuffield Foundation 2009

Key understandings in mathematics learning, Professor Terezinha Nunes, Professor Peter Bryant and Professor Anne Watson, Nuffield Foundation 2009

This research review offers new insights into mathematics learning from both psychological and practice perspectives. It it is available to download in a number of different formats:

Introduction and summary of findings (171KB)
Summary papers (273KB), summaries of papers 1-7
Paper 1: Overview
Paper 2: Understanding extensive quantities and whole numbers
Paper 3: Understanding rational numbers and intensive quantities
Paper 4: Understanding relations and their graphical representation
Paper 5: Understanding space and its representation in mathematics
Paper 6: Algebraic reasoning
Paper 7: Modelling, problem-solving and integrating concepts
Paper 8: Methodological appendix
Full review: All 8 papers together in full (1507KB)