Handbook of Strategies and Strategic Processing

Handbook of Strategies and Strategic Processing provides a state-of-the-art synthesis of conceptual, measurement, and analytical issues regarding learning strategies and strategic processing. Contributions by educational psychology experts present the clearest-yet definition of this essential and quickly evolving component of numerous theoretical frameworks that operate across academic domains. This volume addresses the most current research and theory on the nature of strategies and performance, mechanisms for unearthing individuals' strategic behaviors, and both long-established and emerging techniques for data analysis and interpretation.

Daniel L. Dinsmore, Ph. D. is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Research Director for the Northeast Florida Center for STEM Education at the University of North Florida, USA. Luke K. Fryer, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Meghan M. Parkinson, Ph.D. is the Director of Assessment and Research in the College of Education and Human Services at the University of North Florida, USA.

1. Introduction: What are Strategies? Section I: Definitions, Forms, and Levels of Strategies 2. Strategic Processing within and across Domains of Learning 3. Level of Strategies and Strategic Processing 4. A Lifespan Developmental Perspective on Strategic Processing 5. Negotiating Meaning and Engagement: Socially Shared Strategic Processing 6. Commentary: A Conceptual Framework for Defining Strategies and Strategic Processing Section II: Strategies in Action 7. Reading Comprehension Strategy Instruction 8. Six Questions Regarding Strategy Use When Learning from Multiple Texts 9. Writing Strategies Interventions 10. Mathematics Strategy Interventions 11. Science Strategy Interventions 12. Strategic Processing in History and Historical Strategy Instruction 13. Interplay of Strategic Processes, Executive Functions, and Autonomy Support in Students with Individual Differences 14. Sharing the Load: A Strategy to Improve Self-regulated Learning 15. Commentary: An Analysis of Learning Strategies in Action Section III: Measuring Strategic Processing 16. Surveys and Retrospective Self-reports to Measure Strategies and Strategic Processing 17. Concurrent and Task-specific Self-reports 18. Exploring the Utilization of the Big Data Revolution as a Methodology for Exploring Learning Strategy in Educational Environments 19. Measuring Processing Strategies: Perspectives for Eye Tracking and fMRI in Multi-method Designs 20. Commentary: Measuring Strategic Processing in Concert: Reflections and Future Directions Section IV: Analyzing Strategic Processing 21. Variable-centered Approaches 22. Person-centered Approaches to Explaining Students' Cognitive Processing Strategies 23. Qualitative Approaches to the Verbal Protocol Analysis of Strategic Processing 24. Commentary: Analyzing Strategic Processing: Pros and Cons of Different Methods 25. The Future of Strategy Theory, Research, and Implementation: Roads Less Traveled