A CONSTRUCTIVE REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON LEARNING STRATEGIES

This chapter discusses how learning strategies and reading comprehension can be taught and presents a model of learners' thought processes, which consists of these three cognitive processes—attention, motivation, and comprehension.

Abstract

This chapter discusses how learning strategies and reading comprehension can be taught. It presents a model of learners' thought processes. The model centers on active learners (1) who attend to instruction; (2) who attribute results to their own effort; (3) who, at least in large part, relate tasks and materials to their knowledge and experience; and (4) who construct meaning from that interaction. These model learners are aware of their own learning strategies, choose among them, and employ them appropriately for the tasks and the context. Basically, the model consists of these three cognitive processes—attention, motivation, and comprehension.