Learning strategies from theory to practice

By Ivan Aguilar

Learning Strategies: From Theory to Practice

By the end of this presentation we’ll have…

• Revisited the concept of learning strategies.

• Explained a model to introduce learning strategies explicitly.

• Identified some of our own learning strategies.

• Listed a set of learning strategies

• Applied learning strategies into some reading

• Evaluated the usefulness of learning strategies

• Reflected on how we can use learning strategies in our classrooms

Objectives

• "learning strategies are specific actions taken by the learner to make learning easier, faster, more enjoyable, more self-directed, more effective, and more transferrable to new situations.“ Oxford-1990

• "techniques, principles, or rules that will facilitate the acquisition, manipulation, integration, storage, and retrieval of information across situations and settings.” Mori 1999

• "behaviors and thoughts that a learner engages in during learning and that are intended to influence the learner's encoding process."

Learning strategies

The importance of learning strategiesCompetencies for the 21st century

• Know how to be (Attitudes)

• Know how to do (Skills)

• Know how to learn (Learning strategies)

A MODEL

TO INTRODUCE LEARNING STRATEGIES

Preparation

• Activate learners’ background knowledge about learning strategies (class discussions).

• Identify learners’ existing learning strategies. (surveys)

• Self assess strategies (think alouds)

Preparation

• Guessing meaning from context

• Identify main ideas

• Identify details

• Infer

• Make predictions

• Plan one’s own reading

• Personalization

• Reflection on one’s own learning

Listing learning strategies

Surveying our own learning strategies

Presentation

• Model the strategy (teacher)

• Name the strategy

• Explain the importance of the strategy

• Tell students when to use the strategy

Presentation

A:Good morning. May I help you?

B:Yes, Please. What do you have for lunch?

A:We have chicken sandwich, hamburgers, or pizza.

B: I’ll have the chicken sandwich, please.

A: Anything to drink?

B: Do you have coffee?

A: Sure.

B:I’ll have coffee, please.

• Where is this conversation taking place? (Gist)

Presenting Learning strategies: An example in teaching listening







A: Sure.


• Is person B more likely to stay or leave? (Infer)








A: Sure.


• What will person B have to drink? (details)


Practice

• Integrate strategies practice into regular course work

• Select appropriately challenging tasks

• Coach students to use the strategies

• Encourage students to practice the strategies introduced

• Encourage students to choose their own strategies

Practice

Practicing learning strategies: An example in reading

How do you think these people became very successful entrepreneurs? Make a list with your classmate.

Practicing learning strategies: An example in reading

Read the article. Where your prediction right? Why? Why not?

Self-Evaluation

• Class discussion

• Learning strategies checklist

• Charts and graphic organizers

• Learning logs

Self evaluation

Evaluating the strategy.

Expansion

• Expading through discussion

• Expanding to other activities

• Expanding to other subjects

Expansion

A. Use one of the strategies you learned at home. Look at the example. Then complete the blanks.

Example:

I used inferencing in class to help me with reading in English. At home, I will try to use it for listening to the radio in English.

About you…

I used_________ in class to help me with______.

At home, I will try to use it for_____________

Expansion: An example activity

SUMMING UP

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