- What are learning strategies?
- Learning styles: visual, auditory, read/write, kinetic
- Learning steps: reading and understanding, knowledge organisation. Memorisation, recapitulation and evaluation.
- Methods for organising learning knowledge.
- Methods for memorising: repetition, acronyms, viewing, itinerary, flashcards, explaining.
- Methods to evaluate what have been learned: simple questionnaires, exercises and problems, practice, discussions, checklists and inventories, presentation.
Use the following checklists to make sure that you choose and apply the appropriate learning strategies.
| CHECK LIST | |||
| QUESTIONS | YES | NO | Aspects to change or improve |
| Are you a visual learner? Do you frequently use and understand diagrams, graphs, maps? | |||
| Are you a visual learner? Does the learning material that uses different colours and fonts capture your attention? | |||
| Are you an auditory learner? Do you better understand a subject when you discuss them with somebody else? | |||
| Are you an auditory learner? Do you better understand a lesson when you listen to it rather than read it? | |||
| Are you a learner through writing? Do you usually take notes when you learn? | |||
| Are you a learner through reading? Do you better understand a lesson when you read rather than listen? | |||
| Are you a kinetic learner? Do you prefer a practical example instead of reading a text? | |||
| Are you a kinetic learner? Do you better understand a lesson when you follow a method rather when you read or listen? | |||
| Are you using the next steps when you learn: | |||
| - read and understand | |||
| - organise the material | |||
| - memorise | |||
| - review and assess your learning | |||
| What strategy do you prefer to organise a material: | |||
| - mark main ideas with different colours | |||
| - take notes | |||
| - mind map | |||
| - concept map | |||
| - make a summary | |||
| Do you have a specific strategy to organise material for a specific domain? Explain why? | |||
| What preferred strategy do you use to memorise a material: | |||
| - repetition | |||
| - acronyms | |||
| - viewing | |||
| - itinerary | |||
| - explain to someone else | |||
| Do you have a specific memorising strategy for a specific field? Explain why? | |||
| How do you prefer to self-evaluate: | |||
| - simple questionnaires | |||
| - exercises and problems | |||
| - practice | |||
| - discussions | |||
| - checklists | |||
| - presentation |
