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Habits of success: getting every student learning

The idea

Most days, most lessons, we want students to do something different: try harder, use a different technique, do their homework, stop shouting out. We try to make this happen by motivating students and helping them to self-regulate – but when we run out of energy and enthusiasm, we tend to turn to reward and punishment.

I think we can learn better ways to get students learning by applying behavioural science in the classroom. Motivation, encouragement and self-regulation matter. But we are more likely to succeed if we apply the evidence around the effect of nudges and making change easier, and if we help students form habits of success.

The strategies

We face five challenges in getting students learning:

I’ve written some case studies of how teachers could apply these ideas to solve specific challenges:

It’s also hard to get students to stop too. We need to think about when detentions work – and about how to help students break habits.

And it’s hard to get teachers to change – or to change our own classroom practice.

The book

The book which grew from these ideas is Habits of success: getting every student learning

It takes the evidence from behavioural science to provide a guide to getting students learning. Alongside the practical ideas, there are plenty of examples, checklists, and case studies.

You can buy it here.

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