Learning Techniques

1) Elaborative interrogation

            Generating an explanation for why an explicitly stated fact or concept is true

2) Self-explanation

            Explaining how new information is related to known information, or explaining steps   

            taken

3) Summarization

            Writing summaries (of various lengths) of to-be-learned texts

4) Highlighting/underlining

            Marking potentially important portions of to-be-learned materials while reading

6) Keyword mnemonic

            Using keywords and mental imagery to associate verbal materials

7) Imagery for text

            Attempting to form mental images of text materials while reading or listening

8) Rereading

            Restudying text material again after an initial reading

9) Practice testing

            Self-testing or taking practice tests over to-be-learned material

10) Distributed practice

            Implementing a schedule of practice that spreads out study activities over time

11) Interleaved practice

            Implementing a schedule of practice that mixes different kinds of problems, or a schedule  

            of study that mixes different kinds of material, within a single study session

N.Premkumar

Associate Professor