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this chapter can probably improve your own performance in your own college courses by adding some (or
many) of these strategies to your repertoire of study strategies.
Figure 7.1:
Cognitive strategies discussed in this chapter
General purpose self-regulation strategies
Goal setting
Self-monitoring and self-evaluation
Time management
Regulating motivation and interest
Executive control
Strategies for comprehension (e.g., for
understanding texts and lectures)
Monitoring understanding
Repairing understanding
Using text structure
Summarizing
Elaborating
Explanation
Formulating problems
Problem solving strategies (e.g., for math
problems, chemistry problems, some problems
in social studies, etc.)
Representing the problem
Formulating subgoals
Checking for sense
Noticing commonalities and differences
Writing strategies (for writing papers of all kinds).
Planning
Revising
Writing for the audience
Reasoning strategies (for deciding what
conclusions are most consistent with the available
data)
Generating arguments and counterarguments
Evaluating evidence fairly
Considering sample size
Considering comparison groups
Sourcing
Seeking corroboration