Through research-backed strategies and practical applications, author Julia A. Simms explores self-regulated learning, instructional sequences, and brain-based learning. She examines the development of cognitive and metacognitive skills, working memory, and effective explicit instruction, offering step-by-step guidance for teachers to facilitate student learning. By supporting students through guided practice and monitoring, educators can help build declarative and procedural knowledge, enhance self-efficacy, and bridge learning gaps. K-12 teachers can use this book to: (1) Enhance student learning outcomes through development of self-aware learning practices; (2) Understand how knowledge, memory, and metacognition work to inspire further learning; (3) Incorporate strategies that develop students' mental capacities as independent learners; (4) Employ action research processes to align goals with strategies that ensure successful; outcomes; and (5) Make students active agents in lifelong learning, setting goals with curious mindsets.