Definition of learning strategy

3.    Definition of learning strategy
Learning strategies seem to be “tricks” for learners, how to help them remember things better or to do tasks more efficiently.  Oxford takes us to as definition which breaks the term learning strategies down to its roots the word strategy. Oxford continues to expand on this definition by stating that “learning strategies are specific actions taken by the learner to make learning easier, faster, more enjoyable, more self-directed, more effective and more transferrable to new situations.”
Strategies are techniques we use to help us learn and remember better. In a helpful survey, Weinstein and Mayer defined learning strategies (LS) broadly as "behaviors and thoughts that a learner engages in during learning" which are "intended to influence the learner's encoding process" . Later Mayer more specifically defined learning strategies as "behaviors of a learner that are intended to influence how the learner processes information". These early definitions from the educational literature reflect the roots of learning strategies in cognitive science, with its essential assumptions that human beings process information and that learning involves such information processing. Clearly, learning strategies are involved in all learning, regardless of the content and context. Learning strategies are thus used in learning and teaching math, science, history, languages and other subjects, both in classroom settings and more informal learning environments .