Why start with strategies?

Create a notebook sheet with the words 'strategies' and 'mnemonic devices' repeated in gra

Why Start With Strategies?

Mnemonic devices and other memory strategies in writing instruction can support students' development and application of metacognitive skills, which are needed for independent, active learning and deep understanding of content and processes.

Blake, Cottle, Gallagher, & MacAuthor. (2024) Supporting Metacognition in Writing Strategy Instruction: Effective Learning Strategies for the First-Year Student and Beyond. jnoss.org/article/30/galley/19/view/

Fernandez & Guilbert. (2024). Self-regulated strategy development’s effectiveness: underlying cognitive and metacognitive mechanisms.Metacognition and Learning (2024) 19:1091–1135 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11409-024-09398-7 s11409-024-09398-7

Graham & Harris. (2023). Self-Regulated Strategy Development: Helping Students with Learning Problems Develop as Writers. University of Chicago Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1001967.

Metacognitive Tools and Strategies

According to research on fostering metacognition...

Students with well-developed metacognition can identify concepts they do not understand and select appropriate strategies for learning those concepts. They know how to implement strategies they have selected and carry out their overall study plans (Stanton, Sebesta, & Donlosky 2021).