Categories of Learning Strategies
summarized from Weinstein and Mayer
Strategy - Task Difficulty - Examples
rehersal - basic - repeating names of items in an ordered list
rehersal - complex - copying, underlining or shadowing material; repeating material aloud; taking selective verbatim notes
elaboration - basic - forming mental images or sentences relating items in pairs for paired-associate lists
elaboration - complex - paraphrasing, summarizing or describing how new information relates to prior knowledge
organization - basic - clustering, grouping or ordering items
organization - complex - outlining a passage; creating a hierarchy; describing the relationship between the main ideas; generalization, enumeration, sequence, classification and compare/contrast
monitoring - all - metacognition; problem identification; self-questioning; self-reinforcement; checking for comprehension failures
affective - all - being alert and relaxed; focus attention; manage performance anxiety; establish motivation; deciding to study in a quiet place; time management