Why does a school psychologist need to know about learning strategies?

School psychologists need to know more about learning strategies because an understanding of these processes can facilitate the design and implementation of intervention programs and procedures. An effective learning strategy is any cognitive, affective, or behavioral activity that facilitates encoding, storing, retrieving, or using knowledge. Four categories of learning strategies are discussed (knowledge acquisition, comprehension monitoring, active study strategies, and support strategies). In addition, a case study is presented to demonstrate how knowledge about these strategies can be used by the school psychologist. Finally, principles in determining the possible involvement of learning strategy deficits in an achievement problem are presented.