Learning to learn.
Learning to think.

Courses and free tools for the people who learn, and the research for the people who teach them.

Rereading feels like studying. Testing yourself is studying.Practice testing rated high utility, rereading low: Dunlosky et al. (2013), Psychological Science in the Public Interest.

I am learning

Study well, at every stage.

For school leavers, students and anyone learning something hard.

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I teach · TeachSmart

Teach with the evidence.

For teachers, lecturers, tutors and student-success staff.

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The student pathway

One course for each stage of student life.

Each runs on the FlourishIQ platform with its own tools, readers and private record. 20% off any three.

Before you arriveLaunchpad to Student SuccessR1,795/yr
First yearOptimal First YearR2,995/yr
Middle yearsPROSPERR1,795/yr
Final yearSEARCHR1,795/yr
PostgraduateResearch WellR1,195/yr

See all 25 courses Three for your stage, 20% off

Stage tracks

Three courses for your stage. One step. 20% off.

Each track brings three pathway courses together in one checkout, with FlourishIQ’s 20% off any three already applied.

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Only on LearnSmart4Life · TeachSmart

Staffroom view: one study on the big screen, one question for the meeting.

One 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. Open the next staff meeting or training session with it.

Retrieval practice · strong evidence

Ten study techniques rated

A major review rated ten common study techniques. Practice testing and spacing study over time earned high utility; rereading and highlighting, which students use most, earned low utility because they do not consistently improve performance.

For discussion

How often do our learners see us model self-testing rather than rereading?

Staffroom view in 82 seconds, recorded on the live Evidence Library.

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Every day · Everyday Knowhow

One small, useful piece of knowhow a day.

Everyday Maths & Science Knowhow is where learning to learn and learning to think become a daily habit: one everyday idea a day, a calculator that runs it with your own numbers, and a quiz each week. Three editions of 365 days each. Week 1 of every edition is free, with no account; a pass opens the year.

Edition one

Home & Life

Energy, water, percentages, interest, the till slip, the kitchen: the numbers of ordinary life.

Week 1 free
Edition two

Numbers

Interesting numbers and mental-arithmetic tricks, with timed rounds that keep your personal best.

Week 1 free
Edition three

Sport

The body, the physics of the ball, reading the game, training and kit, by the numbers.

Week 1 free

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Learning to think

Thinking skills that become habits.

ThinkWell4Life teaches the nineteen ThinkWell thinking skills, first taught in the LearnWell programme of 2002, each paired with the habit that makes you use it when it matters. FlourishTalk’s Thinking Well deck carries the same skills one card at a time.

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