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This book is designed to help parents, who may not have had a very positive experience of school themselves, help their children to enjoy learning - and realise in the process that they too can learn to learn in an efficacious way. Recent research carried out at the London School of Economics has shown that having a parent who takes an active interest in their child's learning is eight times more important than wealth or social class in terms of achieving good examination results.

The book explains some of the key current research about how the human brain works and provides practical advice on how to apply that research to learning and studying in school. It also covers practical aspects of effective learning, such as developing self-confidence and self-esteem, effective listening and questioning, creating an effective learning environment, building a healthier brain for learning and improving memory, recall and spelling.