Volgens André Verkens zijn er - op basis van cognitieve psychologie - zes leerversterkende strategieën te onderkennen:
Cognitieve psychologen hebben doorheen de jaren zes strategieën beschreven die het leren versterken in verschillende situaties.
(1) Dual Coding
(2) Spacing or spreading out learning opportunities over time
(3) Interleaving basically means jumbling up ideas. Students learn more when they can switch between different topics. Doing this helps students learn the similarities and differences between different ideas.
(4) Retrieval practice involves bringing information to mind from memory.
(5) Concrete examples are often used by instructors. Concrete information is easier to remember than abstract information, and so concrete examples foster learning
(6) Elaboration involves asking “how” and “why” questions about a specific topic, and then trying to find the answers to those questions. The act of trying to describe and explain how and why things work helps students understand and learn.