Educational Learning Strategies for the Classroom
Learning strategies have been defined as: “A strategy is composed of cognitive operations over and above the processes that are natural consequences of carrying out the task, ranging from one such operation to a sequence of interdependent operations.” (Pressley, Forrest-Pressley, Elliot-Faust & Miller 1985, p. 4 as cited in Pressley & Harris, 2008/09).
The purpose of this website is to provide instructors with educational learning strategies that they can teach students in the classroom to enhance students’ ability to learn in a post secondary setting. Brown, Palinscar, Pressley, El-Dinary, Marks, Brown, Stein, & Harris argued that, "Students learn strategies more effectively when those strategies are taught within the context of specific subject domains and actual academic learning tasks" (as cited in Ormrod, 1999, p. 342).
The strategies in the subject areas are not exhausive, but provide an introduction to learning techniques that target particular subject areas. Instructors are welcomed to add their own proven learning strategies to the mix.
The website is divided into four areas of information. An Introduction; Subject Areas including subject areas such as anatomy, history, and second language linking to relevant strategies; Review and Learning that provides information relevant to all learning and tips on strategy instruction; a general list of the learning strategies; and the Reference area alphabetized by author.
The purpose of this website is to provide instructors with educational learning strategies that they can teach students in the classroom to enhance students’ ability to learn in a post secondary setting. Brown, Palinscar, Pressley, El-Dinary, Marks, Brown, Stein, & Harris argued that, "Students learn strategies more effectively when those strategies are taught within the context of specific subject domains and actual academic learning tasks" (as cited in Ormrod, 1999, p. 342).
The strategies in the subject areas are not exhausive, but provide an introduction to learning techniques that target particular subject areas. Instructors are welcomed to add their own proven learning strategies to the mix.
The website is divided into four areas of information. An Introduction; Subject Areas including subject areas such as anatomy, history, and second language linking to relevant strategies; Review and Learning that provides information relevant to all learning and tips on strategy instruction; a general list of the learning strategies; and the Reference area alphabetized by author.