What is a learning strategy? "Simply put, a learning strategy is an individual's approach to completing a task. More specifically, a learning strategy is an individual's way of organizing and using a particular set of skills in order to learn content or accomplish other tasks more effectively and efficiently in school as well as in nonacademic settings (Schumaker & Deshler, 1992). Therefore, teachers who teach learning strategies teach students how to learn, rather than teaching them specific curriculum content or specific skills."
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So far in my research, I haven't found anything better than the site developed by the special education program at James Madison University in VA entitled the Learning Toolbox. This site provides directions for secondary students, teachers, and parents. Questionnaires diagnose student weaknesses which can be matched to appropriate strategies. Learning strategies are listed in these categories: organization, test taking, study skills, note taking, reading, writing, math, and advanced thinking. There is an extensive list of strategies in each category for developing each skill. Clever acronyms such as "CRAM" serve as mnemonics summarizing many of the strategies. Hopefully, JMU will further develop this very resourceful site.
Other Resources:
Academic Success Strategies for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities and ADHD
Esther Minskoff and David Allsopp, Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2002, ISBN: 1557666253
Bibliography of Resources about Learning Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities by NICHCY
Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities, NICHCY News Digest 25, 1997
Teaching Adolescents with Learning Disabilities Strategies and Methods
Edwin S. Ellis, Love Publishing Co., 2nd ed., 1996, ISBN: 0891082417
Teaching Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Instructional Strategies and Practices 2004
Teaching Learning Strategies to Adolescents and Adults with Learning Disabilities
B. Keith Lenz, Edwin S. Ellis, and David Scanlon
