Learning How to Learn

Learning is a skill — and like any skill, it can be improved with the right strategies and habits. Learning How to Learn is a practical and engaging course designed to help students in grades 5–7 become more confident, organized, and effective learners both inside and outside the classroom.

In this course, students explore how the brain learns and how habits, focus, memory, and mindset can affect learning success. Through interactive activities, real-life examples, discussions, and practical strategies, students learn techniques that can help them study more effectively, stay organized, manage their time, improve concentration, take useful notes, prepare for tests, and build healthy learning routines.

Students will also explore topics such as motivation, goal setting, productivity, learning challenges, digital distractions, and problem-solving skills in ways that are age-appropriate, relatable, and immediately useful in daily school life.

This course is designed to help students build independence, confidence, and lifelong learning skills that can support them across all subjects and future learning experiences.

1 Goal setting form to encourage students to set learning targets
9 Slideshows
9 Essential Notes
9 Exit Tickets - Short quiz to measure learning
Over 30 online interactive activities
1 Comprehensive Test
1 assessment Questionnaire

- Parts of the brain and their functions
- How the brain helps us learn
- Neurons and brain pathways
- Neuroplasticity and brain growth
- How practice strengthens learning
- Attention and concentration
- Digital distractions and multitasking
- Focus strategies and study environments
- Working memory and long-term memory
- Why we forget information
- Memory and recall strategies
- Active recall and spaced repetition
- Effective note-taking methods
- Study techniques that actually work
- Learning from mistakes and feedback
- Growth mindset and perseverance
- Motivation and confidence in learning
- Goal setting for learning
- Problem solving and critical thinking
- Asking strong questions
- Evaluating information and online sources
- Learning independently
- Using books, videos, AI, and online tools responsibly
- Research and information gathering skills
- Sleep and the brain
- Stress and emotions in learning
- Exercise, nutrition, and learning performance
- Creating healthy learning habits
- Building routines that support learning
- Becoming a more confident and independent learner

Description

What's included?

Topics

Contents