Name that Learning Strategy
Examples (Learning Strategies)
Making Connections
2020 Trivia
FUN Random Knowledge
100

Name the learning strategy where you space out studying over time.

Spaced Practice

100

I have a test on the history of farming in 2 weeks, I will studying 20 minutes each night to be ready (instead of study 5 hour the night before).

Spaced Practice

100

Using retrieval practice requires you to recall information (from your memory) without using your notes, what reading comprehension strategy also requires no notes to use? 

Activating Prior Knowledge

100

What virus spread all over the world causing school and business closures, face wearing mandates, and social distancing?

COVID 19

200

Name the learning strategy where you try to remember information without your notes/textbook, then use your notes to double check.

Retrieval practice

200

When studying WW2, I will explain as much as I can remember to my dog without using my notes.  Once I am done I will look over my notes to check my understanding. 

Retrieval Practice

200

What reading comprehension strategy relates to dual coding (using pictures and words)?

Visualization

200

What amazing basketball player passed away tragically in a helicopter accident in January 2020?

Kobe Bryant

200

Name the Disney movie which features a little girl having five distinct emotions – Sadness, Joy, Disgust, Fear, and Anger?

Inside Out

300

Name the learning strategy where you use many, many details to describe what you are studying -and you make connections to your own life experiences.

Elaboration

300

I have a test on one-step equations in math.  I will study by practice 5 one-step equations, then 5 multiplication equations, 5 division, then go back to 5 one-step equations.

Interleaving

300

Elaboration allows you to make connections to past units and to your own experiences - what reading comprehension strategy requires you to make connections?

Making inferences 

300

What city was the 2020 Summer Olympics going to be held?

Tokyo, Japan

300

Name 5 fruits or vegetables that start with the letter P.

Potato, Pea, Pepper, Pumpkin, Papaya, Pear, Pineapple, Plum, Passion Fruit, Parsnip

400

Name the learning strategy where you switch between topics you are studying.

Interleaving
400

When studying photosynthesis, I will use many details (all the parts of a plant) and will connect those details to what I have learned before (plants cells) and to how I planted my own garden.

Elaboration

400

What is theme?

The life lesson or message in a book, movie, etc.

400

What two (female) singer sang at the 2020 Super Bowl Halftime Show?

Jennifer Lopez and Shakira

500

What are the last two strategies?  One is when you use specific examples to explain abstract ideas, the other is when you use both visuals and words.

Concrete Examples and Dual Coding

500

I have a test on the French Revolution, I will create a timeline (a visual) to help me remember all the details.

Dual Coding

500

What is growth mindset?

Knowing you can accomplish anything you set your mind to.  You can work hard and practice to get better at anything.
500

What is the biggest island in the world?

Greenland