Learning Sciences — Category Pages

Learning How to Learn: Metacognition and Effective Study Strategies

There is one skill that schools rarely teach directly, yet it has a greater influence on long-term academic success than any individual subject. It is the ability to…

Personalized Learning and Technology: Why Responsive Teaching Matters

Personalized learning is built on a simple idea: students learn best when instruction responds to their individual strengths, needs, interests, and pace of development. Although personalized learning is…

Learning Preferences and Study Strategies: Beyond Fixed Learning Styles

Learning styles describe the different ways people prefer to take in, organize, and apply new information. While no student learns through only one style, understanding how you naturally…

Active Recall and Study Notes: How Students Can Study More Effectively

We have all seen the classic late-night study scene. A student is hunched over a desk at 11:00 p.m., surrounded by notebooks, textbooks, and enough highlighters to stock…

Structured Literacy in Canadian Schools: Phonics and Reading Support

Canada’s literacy landscape is undergoing a significant shift. After decades of ideological swings between whole-language approaches, balanced literacy, and assorted hybrid models, provinces are pivoting back toward structured,…

Secondary School Learning Strategies: Visual, Verbal and Hands-On Examples

Learning styles refer to the various ways in which people acquire and process information. Understanding your learning style can be beneficial for improving how easy it is to…