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Sample Strategy Evaluation Matrix

Strategy How to Use When to Use What is it for?


Skim/Survey Search for headings, Before you read a long piece of Gives an overview of the
highlighted words, previews, and text. key concepts, helps you to
summaries. focus on the important
points.
Slow Down Stop, read and think about When information seems Improves your focus on
information. important. If you realize you important information.
don’t understand what you have
just read.
Activate Prior Knowledge Stop and think about what you Before you read something or do Makes new information
already know about a topic. an unfamiliar task. easier to remember and
allows you to see links
between subjects.
Information is less daunting
if you already know
something about the topic.
Fit Ideas Together Relate main ideas to one another. When thinking about complex Once you know how ideas
Look for themes that connect the information, when deep are related they are easier to
main ideas, or a conclusion. understanding is needed. remember than learning as if they
are separate facts. Also helps to
understand them more deeply.
Draw Diagrams Identify main ideas, connect When there is a lot of factual Helps to identify main ideas
them, classify ideas, decide which information that is and organize them into
information is most interrelated. categories. Reduces memory load.
important and which is May be easier to visualize.
supporting
(Adapted from Metacognition for the classroom and beyond: Differentiation and support for learners, 2009)

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