Sophisticated learners are self-directed learners, which can be taught and developed in the classroom. In this module teachers learn the core tenets of a self-directed learner: understanding key aspects of the functional architecture of human learning; effective strategies and techniques for learning; and how students can self-monitor and control their own learning.

This module  defines the core cognitive skills we rely upon for learning, including how these shape a student’s ability to learn and how you can inform your teaching. We also distill the scientific principles of human learning that are universally accepted by scientists as essential to learning success.

Learn about the role of processing skills, including what symptoms look like when a processing skill is weak, the statistics behind these skills in the classroom, and what you can do in your classroom to accommodate for processing skill strengths and weaknesses.

What is Executive Function and how does it affect learning? How common is comorbidity with other learning struggles such as ADHD, and processing skills?

Learn a framework for understanding the root causes and symptoms of Executive Dysfunction, including ideas and insights regarding what can and should be done to help learners.

Despite the compelling research supporting the efficacy of techniques and strategies to enhance a student’s ability to amass knowledge, these are widely unknown by students. Instead, most students rely on ineffective strategies to learn information which leads to superficial learning at best.

Mastering Memory is comprehensive and divided into two parts. The first module focuses on mastering proven techniques to facilitate the encoding of information learned.

The second module focuses on mastering retrieval strategies, which are powerful tools for enhancing learning. These are even more effective when complemented with the encoding techniques we cover in the first part of Mastering Memory!

Learn to develop your students’ awareness of how their learning occurs, including an ability to monitor and manage their learning behaviors.

This is the foundation for learning independently, effectively and efficiently. This module will help you develop your student’s metacognition through practical strategies that gradually foster metacognitive awareness.

Research suggests effective feedback, formative assessments and peer-based learning are among the most effective ways a student can learn information.

In this module you will learn how to apply formative assessments, feedback and peer-based learning from an expert on the science of learning as well as the application of these concepts.

In the majority of classrooms, student engagement decreases with every year of schooling. Yet, student learning requires their engagement and motivation. What do you see as the biggest barrier(s) to motivation for students? What is currently in place in your classroom or at your institution as a whole to support learner engagement and motivation?

Learn what research reveals about the most effective ways for teachers to foster student motivation and engagement in the classroom.

Learning is a cognitive process and every classroom is cognitively diverse. While labeling students hinders their performance, understanding their cognitive profile and how they learn, enables you to be a more effective teacher.

In this module, you will learn how to recognize common symptoms among students with specific learning difficulties, including processing disorders, twice exceptional (gifted students with learning disabilities).

More importantly, in this module you will learn how to map learning difficulties to cognitive skills as well as refine your approach to how you teach them through appropriate strategies to engage your students’ gifts and support their areas of difficulty.

Learn how to foster positive emotions and behaviors that increase student engagement, effort and learning outcomes. Develop a better understanding of the interdependencies between cognition, emotion and behaviors to better understand your students root causes.

In this module we explore the role of negative and positive emotions in learning with tools to minimize those that hinder the process while maximizing those that enable successful learning.

Understand the research supporting what works to improve learning outcomes in the classroom. Identify best-practices for teaching and common policy mistakes meant to target teaching outcomes that are ineffective.

Learn what interventions and approaches have the highest impact in fostering student learning as well as how to differentiate between myths and scientific principles that underpin our understanding of learning. More importantly, learn to adjust your approach to teaching based on these insights.