The research on how people learn, in plain words, with one thing to try this week. 205 studies in 13 themes, each checked against the published paper. Free, no account needed.
Open the Evidence Library Staffroom viewEvery card names one study: what it found, what it means in a classroom or lecture hall, one thing to try this week, how strong the evidence is, and a question for the staff meeting. The full reference and a link to the paper sit on every card.
205 studies on memory, practice, explaining, feedback, motivation, relationships, attention and teaching at university.
Free ✍️ From the founderPut any study on the big screen for a staff meeting or a training session, with a question to discuss.
Free Free21 cards on what the large syntheses of meta-analyses found, and how to read their numbers.
Free Free12 popular ideas about learning that the research does not support, and what to do instead.
FreeOne click opens any study in the free Evidence Library full screen, in large type: what it found, the strength of its evidence, one thing to try this week and a question for discussion. The arrows step through the studies you have chosen, and “Draw one for the staffroom” picks one for you. Use it for a staff meeting, a department meeting or a training session.
Nine modules that turn the research into practice: learn it, try it as a learner, plan it into a real lesson or lecture, try it with your class and check your understanding. Every study comes from the Evidence Library, with its grade, so a staff group can open each one in Staffroom view, only on LearnSmart4Life. It leads to the Certificate in Evidence-Informed Teaching.
A course for teachers, lecturers and tutors that turns the research on how people learn into practice. In nine modules you learn the science, try each technique as a learner yourself, plan it into a real lesson or lecture, run a small experiment with your own class and check your understanding: memory and cognitive load, retrieval practice, spacing and interleaving, explaining well, guiding the learning, feedback, teaching students to study, motivation and belonging, and how to read the research. Every study comes from the TeachSmart Evidence Library, checked against the published paper and graded for the strength of its evidence. The course leads to the Certificate in Evidence-Informed Teaching.
35 tools · R1,195/yr ✍️ From the founderEducators who hold the Positive Higher Education Certificate for Africa present the student pathway courses to their own groups on the FlourishIQ platform, with facilitator and participant decks and a Facilitator Guide for each course, and a private view of their group’s progress in totals.
The pre-arrival course of the student wellbeing pathway. It builds nine things research links to success at university, from growth mindset and learning how to learn to grit, emotions, strengths, calm, gratitude, vitality and belonging. You start with My Launchpad Check-In as a private baseline, work through one module per area, and finish by retaking the Check-In and writing My Launch Plan and A Letter to a Future Student.
113 tools · R1,795/yr ✍️ From the founderA self-paced wellbeing and success course for the whole of your first year. Twenty-six weeks run from a gauge week through twenty content weeks in two semesters, with two project fortnights and re-gauges at mid-year and at the end. Every week brings its own check-ins, practices from the FlourishIQ library, tools written for this course, a talk, a reader, a Foundation Note and a ten-question quiz. Universities and colleges also take it for a whole first-year group.
338 tools · R2,995/yr ✍️ From the founderA seven-module course for university students on the mindset that carries a degree: Hope, Efficacy, Resilience and Optimism, held together by a growth mindset and grit. Each is a skill that can be practised, and each module gives you the tools to practise it on your own life: a reader that says what the tools share, short films, and the tools themselves, each with its own private record. You take eight check-ins before you begin and the same eight at the end, so you can read your later numbers beside your earlier ones.
69 tools · R1,195/yr ✍️ From the founderPROSPER is Toni Noble and Helen McGrath's framework for positive education: Positivity, Relationships, Outcomes, Strengths, Purpose, Engagement and Resilience. It builds on Seligman's PERMA model and adds knowing your strengths and being able to bounce back. You start with your own PROSPER Check-In, then take one pathway at a time, each opening with its assessments, then core practices from the FlourishIQ library, a tool built for student life and extended tools for a longer format.
205 tools · R1,795/yr ✍️ From the founderNine video chapters on studying well, free to use with a class, a residence, an intake or a community group, in English, Afrikaans or isiXhosa.
The Thinking & Learning decks work in a classroom as well as a study group: reasoning, bias, problem-solving and achievement, one card at a time.
A pathway course for every learner in a class, residence or intake, at the group-order prices.
Order online InstitutionsYour institution’s name on the decks and editions, quoted per group.
On request BulkCourse seats online at per-learner prices that drop as the group grows; decks and editions on request.
Order online PartnersFor student-success staff, tutors and education consultants.
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