Types of learning strategies The three main attributes of any learning strategy are: Improving declarative knowledge

1. Active learning
With this strategy, the teacher and the students actively engage in the learning process. Active learning is essentially an instructional learning method. It is the opposite of the one-way passive learning process in which the tutor alone participates while the students remain inactive listeners. Apart from the classroom environment, this technique can be applied to open sessions, group interactions, knowledge contests or even weekend activities. The main advantages of the active learning strategy are:

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  Experiential learning, in which students learn through participation and experience. Active learning can extend to various practical situations, such as study tours, outdoor expeditions or education exchange programs.
  
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  Collective learning, which offers students the advantage of learning from each other through interactive means and methods. These can be brainstorming sessions, peer review, role-play or games and puzzles.
  
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  Inquiry-based learning, which prompts individuals to explore their learnings more deeply through self-assessment, reflection, motivation and inspiration. In this learning strategy, students pose questions or problems and obtain answers independently from their knowledge-base. This learning strategy is important because it develops abilities like critical thinking, problem-solving, self-criticism and self-evaluation.
  
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  Paired learning, in which pairs engage in activities like puzzles and quizzes, question-answer games and written or oral tests. This learning strategy offers students the opportunity to build on their strengths while reducing their weak points.
  

Active learning strategies empower people with various strengths because they are focused on learners rather than teachers, and as interactive techniques, they facilitate cooperative and shared learning methods.
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2. Mnemonic learning
This learning strategy is designed to help students recall a series, group or collection of learning elements through their mnemonic representation. Convenience and prompt recall are the two distinct advantages of this technique. Students can better memorize material that has a chain of information using this technique. Effective ways of mnemonic learning are:

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  Keywords: This technique is useful while learning new words. Keywords create an alternate mental image of such study content by relating it with more familiar objects or aspects. This association makes the content learner-friendly. For example, while learning the names of body organs, the kidney can be associated with the image of kidney beans, the brain with walnuts and the eyes with almonds for easy recall.
  
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  Pegwords: These words provide a reference point to the new learning content. It is an alternative to keyword-based learning. However, it can be applied to multiple subjects, such as math, history or social studies, apart from the learning of vocabulary that keywords enable. An example is the numeric value 10, which students can learn by creating its mnemonic representation as One-Oh. Similarly, for 101, they can create a One-Oh-One mnemonic.
  
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  Short forms: These are acronyms created for long-form content to remember and recall them conveniently. For instance, students can derive a short form for neurocognitive-behavior study as NCBS. Likewise, you can remember complicated formulas and technical terms by using this simplification technique.
  

You can also combine mnemonic strategies to create effective learning methods. For instance, you may be able to memorize a country's geographical map by giving acronyms to different states and keywords to cities.