learning strategies
How students learn
Learning strategies are methods people use to acquire, retain, and apply knowledge more effectively.
These range from basic techniques like note-taking and repetition to more sophisticated approaches like spaced repetition, active recall, and elaborative interrogation.
She developed better learning strategies after struggling in her first semester.
The term appears frequently in educational psychology and self-improvement contexts, where certain strategies are promoted as more effective than others.
- chunkingDividing into manageable parts
- mnemonicsTechniques to assist recall
- mind palaceMnemonic spatial visualization method
- flash cardsMemorization study tool
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
self-monitoring · active participation · summarization · goal-setting · time management · elaboration · deep dive · concept mapping · big picture · scaffolding · metacognition · note-taking · brain dump · interleaving · retrieval practice · critical thinking · self-assessment · spaced repetition
- math educationmath class, math instruction, math curriculum, math standards, lesson plans
- self-educationautodidacticism, autodidact, self-study, self-instruction, self-taught
- studyingstudying, study notes, study plan, study session, notes
- language educationbilingual, language teaching, biliteracy, immersion, language learner
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- learninglearn, classes, instruction, studying, lesson
learning strategiesforgetting
Failing to retain memories
unlearning · memory loss · cognitive decline · deskilling · ignorance