Local Evidence Syntheses Series

“This synthesis examines language learning and teaching with a focus on Singapore’s official Mother Tongue languages and bilingualism as understood in the local school system. It covers research funded during the third tranche (2013–2017) of the Education Research Funding Programme (ERFP).”—Overview.

"This document synthesises 34 studies (See Annex A for a full list of projects covered.) that have assessed, developed, or evaluated ways to nurture Learn-for-Life competencies and dispositions among the diverse student population in Singapore."—Overview of the Synthesis.

“This report identifies and synthesises findings from a total of 42 unique studies that are relevant to at least one of the SFEd Areas of Practice, as well as to teacher learning and PD (see Annex A for the full project list).”--Overview of the Synthesis.

“This LES report is a synthesis of 14 Instructional Core (IC) studies that fit the inclusion criteria. $3,655,921 was awarded to the studies through the NIE Education Research Funding Programme (ERFP) in the 3rd tranche (2013–2017) of funding from MOE. Six of the 14 selected studies were Tier 1, 7 were Tier 2, and 1 was Tier 3 (Figure 3) (See Annex A for a detailed explanation of the selection criteria).”--Introduction.

"The current Local Evidence Synthesis (LES) on Teacher Learning (TL) builds upon the previous LES published in 2018 (Tan & Chong, 2018). This iteration of the TL LES consolidates significant findings and insights from local research stemming from the third and fourth cycles of the Education Research Funding Programme (ERFP)." -- Introduction