Introduction: towards a new science of learning.
Chapter 1: Remembering, knowing, and understanding.
Chapter 2: Wired to learn.
Chapter 3: From salivating dogs to the new science of learning.
Chapter 4: How memory works.
Chapter 5: Why we struggle to remember.
Chapter 6: Context matters.
Chapter 7: How the brain constructs knowledge.
Chapter 8: Knowledge is power (just not always).
Chapter 9: Why learning should be hard (but not too hard).
Chapter 10: Routes to remembering.
Chapter 11: The forgotten variable: emotions and learning.
Chapter 12: Balancing minds, metacognition, and motivation.
Chapter 13: Designs for learning.
Chapter 14: Smarter learning.
Biography
Marc Smith is a chartered psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, freelance writer, and former secondary school teacher. He is the author of The Emotional Learner, Becoming Buoyant, and Psychology in the Classroom (with Jonathan Firth).
