Learning Strategies

noun the act or faculty of attending, especially by directing the mind to an object

verb to focus on or pay close heed to something

adjective used to describe something that requires focus or notice

preposition can be used with 'to' to indicate the direction of one's focus or notice

• It is important to pay attention to detail when reviewing legal documents.
• Hey, can you pay attention and follow along with the instructions?
• Yo, don't zone out, you need to give this your full attention.
• The artist's use of color demands attention and draws the viewer in.

adverb in a mindless manner; without thought or consideration

• He mindlessly scrolled through the document without paying attention to the details.
• I just mindlessly clicked through the terms and conditions without reading them.
• She mindlessly binged-watched the entire series in one sitting.
• The politician mindlessly repeated the same talking points during the debate.

adverb repeatedly or again

preposition indicating repetition or continuation

• The researchers conducted the experiment over and over to ensure accurate results.
• I keep telling you the same thing over and over, why don't you listen?
• She kept replaying the song over and over because she loved it so much.
• The memories of that day replay in my mind over and over, like a never-ending movie.

noun the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept

• The professor's teaching style is deeply rooted in the principles of pedagogy.
• The teacher's pedagogy really helped me understand the material better.
• I can't stand the pedagogy of that new math teacher.
• The pedagogy of this leadership training program is like planting seeds of knowledge in fertile minds.

noun the process of preparing something for use or action

verb to prepare something for use or action

• Priming is a technique used in psychology to activate particular associations in memory.
• I'm priming the walls before I start painting them.
• I'm priming myself with some coffee before my morning workout.
• The positive feedback she received was priming her for future success.

noun a period of studying again in order to review or improve one's knowledge or understanding

verb to study again in order to review or improve one's knowledge or understanding

• It is important to restudy the data to ensure accuracy in our findings.
• I think we should restudy the material before the exam.
• Let's hit the books again and restudy this stuff.
• Sometimes we need to restudy our past mistakes in order to learn from them.

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

• The recency illusion is a cognitive bias where people overestimate the importance of recent information.
• I think I fell for the recency illusion when I made my decision based on the most recent feedback.
• Don't let the recency illusion trick you into thinking that just because it happened recently, it's more important.
• The recency illusion is like wearing blinders that only let you see what's right in front of you.

noun the simultaneous consumption of multiple forms of media such as TV, internet, and social media

• Media multitasking refers to the act of engaging with multiple forms of media simultaneously.
• I always find myself media multitasking while watching TV and scrolling through social media on my phone.
• Media multitasking is like juggling different media platforms at the same time.
• Her ability to media multitask is like having multiple tabs open in her brain at once.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being

adjective a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun

adverb a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

conjunction a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses

interjection a word or phrase that expresses emotion or exclamation

• The abenlen of the company's financial records was conducted by an external auditor.
• I heard they're going to abenlen the new employee's background before hiring.
• Let's abenlen this situation by finding a quick solution.
• The artist was able to abenlen the chaos of the city into a beautiful painting.