E2 Study Strategies

Question 1

Study strategies

• what
• two types

Answer 1

the intentional use of cognitive processes to accomplish a particular learning task

-metacognition and self-regulation

Question 2

study strategies: meta-cognition

Answer 2

• person knowledge
• task knowledge
• strategy knowledge

Question 3

study strategies: self-regulation

Answer 3

• learning goal
• monitor learning
• modify strategies to achieve goal

Question 4

study strategies: high utility

Answer 4

practice testing

distributed practice

Question 5

study strategies: medium utility

Answer 5

• elaborative interrogation
• self-explanation
• interleaved practice

Question 6

study strategies: low utility

Answer 6

• summarization
• keyword mnemonics
• rereading
• imagery for text
• highlighting/underlining

Question 7

highlighting effectivness

Answer 7

according to a report highlighting vs. non highlighting showed equal test performance BUT marking a lot of text was correlated with poor performance

Question 8

underlining and highlighting

Answer 8

• research says that this strategy generally finds few benefits -
• highlight after you are done reading the paragraph

Question 9

Quizzing- the testing effect

Answer 9

• memory and learning is enhanced by retrieval

- enhanced learning as a function of retrieval not additional study time

Question 10

Implications

Answer 10

common study strategies are often ineffective for test preparation

• spread out studying and strategies over time
• cramming works best when you distribute practice prior to the cramming session

Question 11

Learning styles and popular study strategies with research

Answer 11

Learning styles and popular study strategies are NOT supported by educational research