Teaching Learning Habits
How to Develop Independent and Successful Learners
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In Teaching Learning Habits, Richard Wheadon argues schools should explicitly teach students how to learn by applying cognitive science (retrieval practice, spacing, interleaving, cognitive load) and by building supportive habits.
The book combines classroom experiments, case studies and reflective prompts designed for teachers, parents and students to experience key memory and learning principles firsthand.
Wheadon frames the first half around helping pupils understand learning processes and the second half on behavioural strategies to turn those processes into durable habits.
He emphasizes that instruction alone isn't enough; students must be equipped to make better decisions about practice outside lessons and supported to embed desirable but challenging study behaviours.
The book aims to produce learners who leave school with expert learning skills applicable through further education and beyond.
The book combines classroom experiments, case studies and reflective prompts designed for teachers, parents and students to experience key memory and learning principles firsthand.
Wheadon frames the first half around helping pupils understand learning processes and the second half on behavioural strategies to turn those processes into durable habits.
He emphasizes that instruction alone isn't enough; students must be equipped to make better decisions about practice outside lessons and supported to embed desirable but challenging study behaviours.
The book aims to produce learners who leave school with expert learning skills applicable through further education and beyond.
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S5E23: Richard Wheadon on Teaching Learning Habits and Returning to the Classroom
