Learning Habits: How to Develop Independent and Successful Learners

What makes some students thrive while others struggle?This exciting book reveals how teachers can help young people become expert learners-curious, resilient, and capable of thinking for themselves. Drawing on educational and psychological research, this book explores three key themes-how we learn, the challenges of thinking, and habit formation-providing a clear practical framework to help students develop more effective, lasting learning habits.It explains how students absorb and forget information, the limits of working memory, the importance of self-control, and how cognitive biases affect decision-making alongside strategies to foster critical thinking.Providing actionable guidance for supporting learning in school and at home, this book includes:Memorable stories of real experiences and case studies designed to create an emotional impact and help ideas about learning habits "stick" with readersStudent-friendly demonstrations of scientific experiments which can be downloaded from