A Parent’s Guide to The Science of Learning 77 Studies That Every Parent Needs to Know

Supporting parents in the quest to help their children learn as effectively and efficiently as possible, A Parent?s Guide to The Science of Learning translates 77 of the most important and influential studies on student learning into easily digestible overviews. This book will develop parents? understanding of crucial psychological research so that they can help their children improve how they think, feel and behave in school (and, indeed, in life).

Each overview summarises the key findings from the research and offers tips, hints and strategies for how you can use them in your home. Covering important areas such as memory, motivation, thinking biases and parental attitudes, this book makes complicated research simple, accessible and practical.

From large- to small-scale studies, from the quirky to the iconic, this book breaks down key research to provide parents with the need-to-know facts. Essentially, it is a one-stop shop that offers guidance on how to parent even better.

A Parent?s Guide to The Science of Learning answers the sort of questions that every parent wants to know but doesn?t know where to find the answers. This includes the small, everyday questions through to the big, life-changing ones. Some of the questions answered in this book include:

• How much sleep does your child need?
• Should I actually help them with their homework?
• Why does my child forget what they have just learnt?
• How much screen time is too much?
• What can I do to help them do better at school?
• Is it really that important that we all eat meals together?
• How can I help my child learn to better manage their emotions?
• How can I encourage them to be a better independent learner?

A hugely accessible resource, this unique book will provide parents with the knowledge they need to best support their children?s learning and development.

About The Authors

Introduction

Studies:

1 – The One About Memory

2 – The One About Aspirations and Expectations

3 – The One About the Planning Fallacy

4 – The One About Spacing Your Learning

5 – The One About Growth Mindset

6 – The One About Predicting Future Behaviour

7 – The One About Teenagers and Social Rejection

8 – The One About… IQ and Success

9 – The One About Parents and Grades

10 – The One About Student Resilience

11 – The One About Marshmallows and Self-Control

12 – The One About Mindset and Purpose

13 – The One About Spacing and Interleaving

14 – The One About Parents and Failure

15 – The One About Revising to Music

16 – The One About The Dunning Kruger Effect

17 – The One About Parental Praise

18 – The One About Effort Being Contagious

19 – The One About Talent Bias

20 – The One About Retrieval Practice

21 – The One About Thought Suppression

22 – The One About Self Analysis Over Time

23 – The One About Asking "Why?"

24 – The One About Sleep

25 – The One About Mobile Phones

26 – The One About Marshmallows, Reliability and Self-Control

27 – The One About Note-Taking

28 – The One About Impostor Syndrome

29 – The One About Reading Out Loud

30 – The One About Eating Breakfast

31 – The One About Academic Buoyancy

32 – The One About The Spotlight Effect

33 – The One About Developing Resilience

34 – The One About Phones and Sleep

35 – The One About Pictures and Words

36 – The One About Teaching Others

37 – The One About Experts Overclaiming

38 – The One About the IKEA Effect

39 – The One About Parental Beliefs

40 – The One About Motivation

41 – The One About Student Daydreaming

42 – The One About Going For a Walk

43 – The One About Stress Mindsets

44 – The One About How to Give Better Feedback

45 – The One About Self-Talk

46 – The One About Parents and Reading

47 – The One About Deadlines, Procrastination and Choice

48 – The One About Smart Reputations

49 – The One About Emotions and Achievement

50 – The One About Interacting with Nature

51 – The One About Stress and Uncertainty

52 – The One About Metacognition

53 – The One About Picturing the Process

54 – The One About Parental Warmth

55 – The One About How Much We Forget

56 – The One About Mindset, Attitude and Self-Esteem

57 – The One About Learning Styles

58 – The One About Eating Dinner Together

59 – The One About Electronic Note-Taking

60 – The One About The Bandwagon Effect

61 – The One About Retrieval Practice & Stress

62 – The One About False Confidence

63 – The One About Reading and Background Noise

64 – The One About Transitioning to Secondary School

65 – The One About Drawing for Learning

66 – The One About Parental Involvement

67 – The One About Bad Decision Making

68 – The One About Age and Self-Concept

69 – The One About Self-Regulated Learning

70 – The One About Cognitive Load

71 – The One About Screen Time

72 – The One About Parents and Sleep

73 – The One About Summer Learning Loss

74 – The One About Knowing the End is Near

75 – The One About Interleaving and Discrimination Learning

76 – The One About the Peak End Effect

77 – The One About The Importance of Failing

Tips:

1 – Tips for Improving Memory

2 – Tips for Improving Mindset, Motivation and Resilience

3 – Tips for Improving Self-Regulation and Metacognition

4 – Tips for Students

5 – Tips for Parents

6 – Tips for Overcoming Thinking Biases

References

Edward Watson is the founder of InnerDrive, UK.

Bradley Busch is a chartered psychologist at InnerDrive, UK.